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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:
  • "hundred thousand 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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: andrewwvannestroy@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:36:11 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FINAL NOTIFICATION


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:andrewvannestroy01@yahoo.cl



- The Beneficiary,Estate of Abdul Malik Issa .FINAL NOTIFICATION Please confirm your receipt of this mail because previous hardcopy letters have been sent through your mailing address but we did not get any response from you. Not to worry, because even if it was intercepted in the course of postage, no execution will be carried out without the endorsement of Immam Walid Ibraim and me the attorney for the execution.On-behalf of the Trustees and Executors of the Will of late of Abdul Malik Issa (ksm), I wish to notify you that you were listed as a beneficiary to the bequest of the sum of USD $4,100.000.00 [Four Million One Hundred Thousand US Dollars] in the codicil and last testament of the deceased.The late Abdul Malik Issa until his death was a former Managing Director and pioneer staff of a big construction company in China an later invested in poultry farm and grains.He established himself as a wealthy farmer in Asia where he exported rice and other poultry products. He was a very dedicated man and a great philanthropist during his life time. He involved himself in helping people by giving investable loans in agriculture and other ventures.Late Abdul Malik Issa died on 9th October 2006 at the age of 78. He has since been buried on the 23rd of October 2006. He was an American lived in Asia all through his active years but later move down to London due to long term illness where he died in a specialist hospital .He was married but without a child an lost his wife in 1986 due to breast cancer.He said in his words as stated in his last testament that "it is my desired wish to see that the poor and less privileged are given assistance by any means and limit this token could go, especially Asia, Africa and South America having seen it all myself. He therefore advised that this amount be invested and the part of the proceeds be used in the work of humanity".I hereby request that you forward your current telephone for further discussion to enable us file necessary documents of claims at probate registry for the release of this funds to you.Please inform me if you did receive this notification.Yours faithfully,Andrew Vannestroy(llb.Lon)

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