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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 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.
  • yonghongwan113@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "YONGHONG WAN" <dsjfvjnbrkrf@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bishopqinwang@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 21:32:54 +0200
Subject: your message


Complement of the day,

Thank you for reading my mail. i am Mrs. Yonghong Wan a staff of Standard
Chartered Bank attached in Private Banking services. I am contacting you
concerning a customer and, an investment placed under our banks management 4
years ago, I contacted you independently of our investigation and no one is
informed of this communication and I would like to intimate you with certain
facts that I believe would be of interest to you.

My proposal;

I am prepared to place you in a position to instruct the finance firm to
release the deposit to you as the closest surviving relation. Upon receipt
of the deposit, I am prepared to share the money with you 50/50.. But on the
other hand, you as a foreigner and also with all the necessary legal and
official documentations from me and the presiding attorney and also with the
authority vested upon me by the original depositor. If you find yourself
able to work with me, contact me through this email:
yonghongwan113@yahoo.com.hk Please note that, I am a happily married with
two kids. Do not betray my confidence. If we can be of one accord, we should
plan a meeting, soon.

I await your response.

Sincerely,

Yonghong Wan.

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