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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:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "industrial and commercial bank of china" (not involved with lotteries)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "keep this confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Beth Rogers" <bethrogers_icbc@walla.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 10:05:32 GMT
Subject: BUSINESS LETTER


Dear Friend,=20

Compliment of the season,

Good day and how are you doing with your family? I am Mr. Beth Roger =
General Manager with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) =
Hong Kong. I am looking for thrustworthy and reliable inividual that will =
act as NEXT OF KIN to one of our customer, Late Mr. Morris Thompson, an =
American who unfortunately lost his life and that of his family in the =
plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261, which crashed on January 31 =
2000. You may read more about the crash on visiting this C.N.N News =
internet website below.

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list

Be obviously informed that it was stated in our BANKING POLICY and signed =
lawfully that if such fund remains unclaimed till the period of NINE (9) =
years, which starts counting from the day Mr. Morris Thompson died. the =
money will be transferred into the BANK TREASURY as an unclaimed fund. =
Besides,it is not authorized by the law guiding our bank for a citizen of =
Hong-Kong to make the claim of the fund. hence I am contacting you.

Most importantly, you will be required to:

=5B1=5D. Act as the next of kin/beneficiary to the sum of US=2429 Million =
United State Dollars.
=5B2=5D. Receive the funds into a private bank account.

The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of =
70% for me and 30% for you. A further 5% will be used to write off any =
expenses incurred in the course of transferring the principal sum. I will =
give you more details, on your positive response.

If you prefer to be re-contacted for more express information, please send =
me your:

=5B1=5D Full Names:
=5B3=5D Direct Telephone No:

I await your respond if you are capable of being my partner in this =
transaction, please keep this confidential or disregard this proposal if =
you are not interested.

Yours faithfully,=20
Mr. Beth Rogers.
General Manager
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China
18/F, Fairmont House, 8 Cotton Tree Drive,
Central, Hong Kong.
Email: bethrogers1.icbc=40hotmail.com=20

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