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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:
  • "urgent assistance" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • abdul_haffiz@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DATUK ABDUL HAFFIZ <datuk_abdulh@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <abdul_haffiz@myway.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 03:27:56 +0800
Subject: RE:MINISTRY OF MINES,POWER AND STEEL,MALAYSIA


















FROM: DATUK ABDUL HAFFIZSENIOR ACCOUNTANT,MINISTRY OF MINES,POWER AND STEEL,MALAYSIA.PRIVATE TEL: 00-6017-3134791TEL: 00-6017-2426429 DEAR KING,I am DATUK ABDUL HAFFIZ, Senior Accountant, (Accounts/Audit Dept.) of the Ministry of Mines, Powers and Steel,Malaysia. With much sincerity of purpose, I am compelled to intimate you on this mutual business relationship after satisfactory information received esteemed person/company from the Foreign Trade Office, Malaysian Nordic Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Agriculture. We are as convinced as believing that you will provide us the very needed urgent assistance, hence a viable bank account by which we can effect the transfer of funds resulting from Number of Amendments (Inflated contracts) on already completed contracts awarded by our Ministry (on behalf of the ousted Federal Military Government) and the Foreign Companies. Due to our position in the country as government officials, we are not allowed to operate a foreign account, that is why we needed you to assist us in providing your account and letter headed paper of your company so that it will be registered as a company that executed a contract with Malaysian Government and present the account as the account to be paid in the money. As soon as all these are received from you, we will start to proceed by securing all the approvals from the offices involved in contract payment. Which is going to take us some working days to finalise upon the receipt of the requirements from you. Do not entertain any fear because the people involved are top government officials and highly respected personnels in the society so this transaction is 100% risk free. As soon as the money is transferred to your bank account provided, we will make arrangements to meet you for the sharing of the money and you will introduce us on how to invest in your country. Please, keep everything secret to yourself until the money is finally paid into your bank account.NOTE:IF YOU ARE INTERESTED TO HELP ME AND MY COLLEAGUES IN THIS TRANSACTION,PLEASE REPLY TO abdul_haffiz@myway.com .DELAY IN YOUR RESPONSE WILL FORCE US TO LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVE AS WE DONT HAVE MUCH TIME.HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.YOURS SINCERELYDATUK ABDUL HAFFIZSENIOR ACCOUNTANT




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