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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Executive Vice President" <ching_h@live.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:26:20 -0400
Subject: Await your response

Hello,

I am Ching-Hua Hsu, Executive Vice President & Head of Division, Wealth
Management Division, Bank SinoPac. In our current performance of yearly
Audit, I found within our database a dormant accounts with $18.9M USD
deposits that has no registered name to it, following the dormancy of the
account, an investigation was plunged, the result was that the account
owner had died, further investigation for the next of kin to the account
owner proved negative as both the depositor and family were killed in
Iraq.

Being in the helm of affairs, I have the power and expertise to have these
funds moved but there has to be a recipient, I therefore seek you consent
to collaborate with me by letting me document you as the relative to the
deceased client in position to receive the $18.9M USD on our behalf.

Interested in working with me on this, do send me an email providing me
with requested info below by indicating your serious interest:

1 Name :
2 TELEPHONE NUMBER :

on hearing from you, I will provide you with further information to the
logistics of having these funds moved. I would prefer you reach me via my
personal email address make sure it is the email below or else i might not
receive your message:

Email: ching_hsu@live.com

I immediately will provide you with more info.

Sincerely,
Ching-Hua Hsu

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