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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "huge amount of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • khalidaliali21@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Khalid Ali Hassan." <khalidali_21@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: khalidaliali21@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 23:11:54 +0800
Subject: Please let me hear from you.


From Khalid Ali Hassan
Home Address:
No 24A Idrisa Road,
Bagdad, Iraq.
Dear ,
Greetings in the name of Allah Almighty. I am Khalid Ali Hassan, the only child and the only son to Late Haji Abdul Hassan, well known as chief protocal officer to Ali Hasan Al-Majid “Chemical Ali”. I am 21 years old. My late parents were killed during the U.S air raid in bagdad early 2003.My late father was well trusted by Hassan Al-majid,
Before my father died, he deposited the sum of US$ 25.5 Million in the vault of a security/finance company in Asia. Immediately I found you in internet I felt you can be of help to me. That’s why I am sending you this email. I need someone who has the capacity to receive such huge amount of money in his account and I am willing to give up some reasonable part of the total amount to you. I want to set up some business investment with this money outside Iraq and for this reason,
I sincerely appeal to you to help me in this respect to assist me in claiming and receiving this money.

Please, for security reasons, our Communications/Correspondence will be through my private e-mail address given below and we will then arrange for a meeting where all the modalities for the transaction will be discussed (including the areas of investment), and all the necessary documents relating to the money and our transactions.

I'm look forward to further cooperation from you and will be grateful for your immediate response.

Please send your reply to my private e-mail address khalidaliali21@yahoo.com
Yours Sincerelly,

Khalid Ali Hassan.

Anti-fraud resources:

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