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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)
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• 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.
  • h_hs478@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "haji hamid suleyman" <aliamdulilahi442@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 17:24:38 +0300
Subject: salam aleykon

ASSALAMU ALEYKON WARAMOTON LAHI WABARAKATON.

 

DEAR FRIEND.

YOU DONT KNOW ME AND I DONT KNOW YOU BUT I BELEIVE YOU ARE A MUSLIM AND WITH THAT WE ARE FAMILY.

I BELEIVE YOU WILL FEAR ALLAH AND FEAR THE PUNISHMENT OF THE GRAVE.

YOU KNOW ONES WHO PROMISE AND FAIL HAVE A GREAT PUNISHMENT FROM ALLAH AND HE WILL BE PUNISH IN THIS LIFE AND IN HEAVEN.

I WANT TO EXPOSE ONE SECRET TO YOU AND THIS SECRET I WANT YOU AND ME WITH THE POORS ONE TO BENEFIT FROM THIS SECRET BUT I WILL NOT TELL YOU ALL THE DETAILS BY NOW UNTILL YOU HAVE A PROMISE WITH ME THAT YOU WILL NOT BETRAY ME.

LET ME JUST BRIEF YOU

 

I WORK WITH THE UNICEF AND AM ONE OF THE DIRECTOR IN HIGHER POST THERE.

THIS 2006 THERE IS A BROTHER  CONTRACTOR FROM EYGPT.HE WAS APPROVE A CONTRACT OF 31MILLION US DOLLAR UNDER A PROGRAMM SPONSORED BY PTF AND WFP UNDER OUR OFFICE UNICEF.

HE EXECUTE THIS CONTRACT SUCCESFULLY BUT ALONG THE EXECUTION OF THIS CONTRACT HE WAS ATTACK OF HEART DIEASES AND HE DIED BUT NO ONE KNOW EXPECT ME BECAUSE WHEN HE WAS IN HOSPITAL HE CALL ME AND WHEN HE DIE THE DOCTOR CALL ME BECAUSE WE ARE GOOD FRIENDS.

 

HE DID NOT GIVE ME HIS FAMILY ADDRESS AND ALL MY EFFORT TO FIND HIS FAMILY WAS IN FUTILE.

NOW IF HE DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE HIS MONEY WITH US BEFORE 15TH OF JANUARY HIS CHEQUE WILL BE EXPIRED BECAUSE HE SUPPOSE TO HAVE COLLECT HIS CHEQUE SINCE 6MONTHS AGO BUT SINCE HE WAS SICK HE CAN MAKE IT UP.INALILAHI WAINA ROJUNA.

MAY ALLAH PUT IN IN RIGHT PATH.

 

 NOW ONE KNOW THAT HE HAVE DIED AND HIS CONTRACT PROFILE IS WITH ME AND IN HIS CONTRACT PROFILE HE WAS A PATNERSHIP BUSSINESS ALTHOUGH HE WAS ONLY HIM.

I CAN DO ALL THE POSSIBLE BEST TO SEE YOU CLAIM THIS MONEY AS YOUR.AND IT WILL BE EASY BECAUSE YOU WILL CLAIM TO BE THE PATNER OF THIS LATE BROTHER.

IF YOU CAN GIVE ME A GUNRATEE THAT YOU MAKE A PROMISE TO ME THAT YOU WILL NOT BETRAY ME THEN I CAN GIVE YOU ALL THE DETAILS.

 

IF YOU HAVE INTEREST YOU CAN ALSO CONTACT ME AT THIS EMAIL BELOW

h_hs478@yahoo.es

THEN I WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE FULL DETAILS.

HADJI HAMID

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