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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "to your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "hundred thousand united states 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.
• 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.
  • sithole_absabnk@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "CHRIST SITHOLE" <sithole_chr23@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:32:30 +0000
Subject: ABSA BANK PLC

FROM: Mr. Christ Sithole.
ABSA Bank,ABSA Building,
C/o Pretorius and Van der Walt Streets,

Pretoria 0001 South Africa.

Email: sithole_absabnk@yahoo.ca

Attn: Sir/Madam ,


I know that this message may come to you as a surprise since we do not know
each other before, but for purpose of introduction, I am MR.Christ Sithole,
an Auditor in ABSA BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA. During my auditing work in the
bank, I found out about an account opened in this bank in 1982 and since
1997 nobody has operated on this account.

After going through some old files and the records, I discovered that the
owner of this account is Mr. Smith B. Andreas, a foreigner, and a miner at
Kruger Gold Co., who
died since 1997. No other person knows about this account or any thing
concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation
proved to me as well that his Company does not know anything about this
account and the amount involved is Seven Million Three Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars (USD$7.3M).

I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be
approved to a local bank here, but can only be
approved to any foreign account because the money is in US dollars and the
former owner of the account Mr. Smith B. Andreas is a foreigner too.

I need your full co-operation to make this work, because the management is
ready to approve the transfer of the fund to any foreigner who has correct
information of the account, which I will give to you later.

If you are able and willing to handle such amount in strict confidence and
according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefits.Note that
this is a life time opportunity.

With my position now in the office I can lobby for
the transfer of this fund to your nominated bank account, which you will
provide with the assurance that the money will be intact pending my physical
arrival in your country for sharing. I will destroy all documentations made
for the purpose of this transaction immediately
the fund is transferred into your account, leaving no traces to any place.

I will apply for my annual leave to get visa immediaetly as soon as this
fund is received into your account.
I will use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward
transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance from the
concerned ministries and foreign exchange departments.

Please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take
immediately. Send also your private telephone and fax numbers including the
full details of the account to be used for the deposit.At the conclusion of
this business, you will get 20% of the total amount,75% will be for me,
while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the
transfer process.



Your Telephone and Fax numbers are urgent.
I look forward to your earliest reply.




Yours faithfully.
Mr.Christ Sithole

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