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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, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "million us dollars" (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 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.
  • sonmkhandu@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Sonam Khandu" <sonmkhandu@aim.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 16:11:41 -0600
Subject: Compliments

Compliments

My name is Sonam Khandu, the foreign operations manager of Bhutan National Bank Limited Tshongdue Paro Branch Bhutan. I wish to seek your assistance over a transaction which is in my possession, involving a huge amount of money worth $19.000000.00 (Nineteen million US dollars).

I got your email from our countries commerce and industry directory and I intend to contact you on the transaction if we can be of assistance to each others. Please kindly note that this mail is only an appeal seeking your acceptance and will be appreciated if responded to. I intend to inform you on details of the transaction and modalities in executing this proposal on receipt of your email accepting to assist.

Please do kindly inform me on your interest in and confidentiality is assisting. Please kindly reply to my private email address sonmkhandu@aim.com and I shall respond back with details and necessary information.

I thank you for your anticipated acceptance

Yours Sincearly
Mr. Sonam Khandu.

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