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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:
  • "this business is hitch free " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +27838930963 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • advocawesleychambers@mac.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: bankonlineremittance@mac.com
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 17:28:46 +0200
Subject: Credit and Foreign bills Dept

Credit and foriegn Bills Dept.
Absa Bank South Africa
Harfield, Pretoria South Africa.
Tel:+27-83-893-0963.

ATTN:SIR/MADAM,

My name is Mr. Wesley Lyndhurst,of Credit and Foreign bills Dept.of ABSA BANK SOUTH AFRICA.
I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of our bank with account number -908-14-255-114
whose name is Cho Kwiyoung(Mr.), who died in a plane crash[Korean Air Flight 801] with the whole
passengers on board on August 6,1997.And for your perusal you can view this web site

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list

Since the demise of this customer, I personally has watched with keen interest to see the next
of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his funds of US$15.5M (Fifteen Million
Five Hundred Thoudsand United States Dollars) which has been with our branch for a very long time. On this note,
I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the Next of Kin as no one has come up as his next of kin.
And the banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than nine years, because the money will be
recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed fund after this period.

In view of this I got your contact through a trade journal when i was making a research on
a foreigner i will use in this great opportunity. For your assistant I am willing to
give you 30% of the total amount. Upon the receipt of your response, I will send
you by fax or e-mail the letter of application which you will type sign and send back
to our bank to enable us start this processing of this claim.I will not fail to bring to
your notice that this business is hitch free and that you should not entertain any fear as all
modalities for the smooth and easy transfer of this fund has been finalized, this transaction will be
completed within five banking days of recieving your response, after you apply to the bank as a relation to the deceased.

When you receive this letter. Kindly send me an e-mail on my private email address(advocawesleychambers@mac.com)
or call me on +27-83-893-0963 signifying your decision.

Please include your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication on my personal email address:

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Wesley Lyndhurst
Credit and Foriegn Bills Dept.
Absa Bank South Africa

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