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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.
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • dr.rowland.agu2008@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • rowland.agu2008@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "DR.ROWLAND AGU" <dr.rowlandagu35@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 15:29:36 +0700
Subject: REQUESTING FOR PARTNERSHIP


From Dr.Rowland Agu.
Auditing and Account Manager
Lippo Bank Jakarta Indonesia.

I am a staff of Lippo Bank Jakarta. I am writing following an opportunity
in my office that will be of immense benefit to both of us.
In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of $10.million,In an account
that belongs to one of our foreign customers Late Mr.clerk Lund an American
who unfortunately lost his life in the Tsunami disaster in Thailand
2005.including his wife and only daughter.since I got information about his
death, I have been expecting his next of kin or relatives to come over and
claim his money because THE bank cannot release it unless somebody applies
for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our
banking guidelines.Unfortunately I lent that his supposed next of kin being
his only daughter died along with him in the Tsunami disaster leaving nobody
with the knowledge of this fund behind for the claim. It is therefore upon
this discovery that I decided to make business with you to enable the Bank
release the money to you as the next of kin or beneficiary of the funds for
safety keeping and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and
I don't want this money to go back into Bank treasury as unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that such money remained
after five years the money will be transferred into banking treasury as
unclaimed funds.I agreed that 30% of this money will be for you as foreign
partner,10% will be use to upset expenses that might in cure on the cost of
making this transaction a successful one, while 60% will be for me. Please
note that all necessary arrangement for the smooth release of these funds to
you has been finalized.You can contact me with my private email:
dr.rowland.agu2008@gmail.com<http://us.mc464.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to .rowland.agu2008@gmail.com>

Best Regards,

Dr.Rowland Agu,
Auditing and Account Manager.

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