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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:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +27733515451 (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.
  • hasan_fnb04@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "HASAN ZUMA" <hasan_fnb04@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:53:27 +0000
Subject: URGENT DEAL!

FROM:HASSAN ZUMA
STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA
JOHANNESBURG,SOUTH AFRICA.
PHONE:+27-733-515-451

E-MAIL:hasan_fnb04@hotmail.com 

 

Dear Sir / Madam,

 

I am Hassan Zuma, the Chief auditor of Standard Bank of South Africa, There is an Account opened in our bank in 1990 and since 2OOO nobody has operated on this account again. After going through some old files in the records. I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it would be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is Engineer Roy Forbes a national of Portugal who used to be a contractor with (ANGLO GOLD MINES) Mafikeng. Gold Mining/ Exploration Corporation in South Africa and he is a client to Barrister Thompson Gama, so when I had meeting with him, he said No other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account have no other beneficiary and he also Proved to me as well that the company does not know Anything about this account and the amount involves is US$11,000,000.00 (Eleven Million, United States Dollars only)

 

We are contacting you as a foreigner because this Money cannot be approved to local bank here, but can only be approved to any foreign account because the Money is in U S Dollars and the former owner of the account is Engineer Roy Forbesis a foreigner too. We know that this message will come to you as a Surprise as we don't know ourselves before. We will sign an agreement, but be sure that it is real and a genuine business.

 

I got your contact address from SOUTH AFRICAN EXCHANGE NETWORK ON LINE with believe in God that you will never let us down in this business.
So please reply urgently so that we 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. I want us to meet face to face or sign a binding agreement to bind us together so that you can receive this money into a foreign account or any account of your choice where the fund will be safe and after that, Thompson Gama or I will fly to your country for withdrawal, sharing and for investment in your country.

 

We are contacting you because of the need to involve a foreign account and foreign beneficiary. We need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the management is ready to approve this payment with my assistant. You will be given 25% of the total Amount, 70% will be for us while 5% will be for Expenses both parties might be have incurred during The process of transferring.

Barrister Thompson Gama shall revalidate and notarize all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim that the bank may need and guarantee you, this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law for both countries.

 

Please if youre not interested please keep it secret for me to still have my respect and position in the Office.

 

 

YOURS TRULY,
HASSAN ZUMA
STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA

 

 

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