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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk boxes" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a "dying merchant" scam.
• 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.
  • amendaziziabdul@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: hiwa aziz <hiwa_sine@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:38:05 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: help request


hi
Iam a teacher and live in iran.recently, I resieved one email that amused me,please you help me and guide me.this email is at below.
best regard
homayon







"Dear Friend,

Greetings to you and Please permit me to introduce myself.
I am Mr. Amend azizi abdullar a SAUDI National and a crude oil Merchant
before
I was diagnosed with esophageal cancer which has defied all medical
solutions and according to medical experts I only have a few more
months to live.
As you read this you do not have to feel sorry for me as it is a
universal
truth that we all must die someday, the only problem with mine though
being
that I have particularly not lived my life well in spite of my wealth
and
possessions as I never really cared for anyone (not even myself) but my
business. Though I was very rich I was never generous, I was never
caring
about people but only dedicated my time and resources on my business as
that
was the only thing I cared about. But now I regret all this as I now
know
that there is more to life than just accumulating all the wealth in the
world as I lay helplessly on my sick bed.
If I was given a second chance to live again I sure would live my life
a
different way from how I have lived it owing to what has befallen me
now. As
my last days alive are drawing closer and closer I have already willed
out
most of my properties and assets to my immediate and extended family
members
as well as a few close friends.
I also want my soul to be at peace with God and for him to be merciful
on me
and accept my soul and to this regard I have resolved to give my
remaining
funds to charity organizations as I want this to stand as one of the
last
deeds I indulge in on earth before I die. Though I have already
distributed
money to some charity organizations, Now that my health has
deteriorated so
badly I can no longer continue with this myself and also I do not trust
my
immediate family members or close friends on this as I have once asked
them
to close one of my accounts and distribute the funds therein to charity
organizations in Bulgaria,Sri-Lanka India and Pakistan they greedily
kept
the money to themselves. Hence I am contacting you with this as I have
lost
confidence in them because it is obvious they are not contended with
what I
have left for them.
The last of my funds which no one knows of is a cash deposit of twenty
million U.S Dollars ($20,000,000,00) stashed in 2 trunk boxes and
declared
as Personal effects of high security value which I have with a
finance/Security Company in Europe. All I am asking of you is to assist
me
in making the collection of this deposit and dispatching the funds to
any
charity of your choice after keeping 20% of the funds
for yourself and your family.10% of these funds should be to cover any
expenses that might be incurred in the process of making this claims.
Please contact me as soon as you get this email if you are capable and
sincere to handle this transaction on my behalf so I can forward you
with
all relevant documents necessary for the claims and the name of the
security
firm where the funds are deposited.
God bless you as I await words from you. Please inform as soon as
possible
if you are not interested so I can proceed to seek for someone else to
carry
out this on my behalf. Find attached a picture of me along with this
email
for your perusal.
Please respond to me on this email address if you are willing to assist
me,
amendaziziabdul@aim.com
Amend azizi abdullar."


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