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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:

• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: gabriel thao <gabriel.thao2@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: gabriel.thao@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:48:03 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Micheal Gallatin


Dear Micheal Gallatin,

Please, I want to introduce myself and this business opportunity to you My name is Gabriel Thao,a Hall Mark Security Company accountant I wish to know if we can work together.

I would like you to stand as the next of kin to my deceased customer who made a deposit with our Security Company his name is Mr.Peter Gallatin,I know you will be suprised how I got your contact I saw it on net when I was searching to see if I can get in touch with any relative of my late customer but to no avail so on the process I saw your contact and checked your profile and believe that you as a honest man will be sincere and honest that is why I requested for your co-operation for the successful implementation of this transaction without hinderance.

Sir\Ma my cleint died without any registered next of kin and as such the funds now have an open beneficiary mandate I want to also use this medium to assure you that this transaction is 100% legal and risk free. If you are interested please do let me know so that I can give you comprehensive details on what we are to do.

I urgently hope to get your response as soon as possible.

Best regards,
Gabriel Thao.

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