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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:
  • "transferred into your 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)
  • "million 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 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.
  • +27837323338 (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.
  • dr_ede_smith1@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Auditor Bank <dr_es27@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <dr_ede_smith1@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 07:23:16 -0600
Subject: Hello,




NO: 11 TANA AVENUE JOHANNESBURG,

Attention: Friend,

I am Dr.Ede Smith . The chief auditor of ABSA bank South Africa. I got your contact address through the South African Information Exchange (SAIE) After going through your personal profile, Your impressive and managerial records made me to solicit for your partnership in these regards. After going through some old files in our records in this bank, I discovered that there is an account opened in this bank since 1982 and since 1992; no body has operated on this account. The owner of this account is late Mr. Jerome N. Snag, a foreigner and a miner at the Anglo Gold Platinum mining Company in Mafikeng south africa, as a geologist by profession and he died since 1992.
Up till now, no other person knows about this account or anything concerning it, this account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that this company does not know anything about this account. The amount involved is 32M US$ (THIRTY TWO MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) and I want to first transfer US$16M (SIXTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) from the money into a safe foreign account abroad before the rest, but Ive not gotten a trusted foreigner. I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a local bank here, but can be approved to any foreign account because the money is in US dollars and the former owner of the account Mr. Snag a was a foreigner and because of the need to involve a foreign account. I need your full co-peration to make this work smoothly because the management is ready to approve this payment to whoever that has correct information to this account.I shall give you all the informations concerning this very transaction later, if you are able to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust according to my instruction and advice for our mutual benefits because this opportunity will never come again in my life. I need your strong assurance and reliability with my position now in the office; I can transfer this money to any reliable account, which you can provide with assurance that you are not going to run away with this money when eventually been transferred into your Bank account in your country pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing of the fund according to our percentages. I shall destroy all documents of transaction immediately you recieve this money in your country`s Bank account, leaving no trace of any. You can also come to discuss with me face-to-face then the remittance will be made in the presence of both of us. Then we will fly to your country at least two days ahead before money gets into your account,I have the tendency to invest my own share of the money in your country in expectation to sound management and good capital returns according to your advice.Be assured that you stand no risk of any kind as the fund belongs to us, and all other relevant documents of this money must be changed to your present name as the beneficiary and this will allow us to obtain all approvals on from all ministries to ensure a perfect transfer. I am offering you 25% of the total fund, 70% will be for me while 5% will be set aside for expenses that might incur during the course of this transaction.You can call me on my direct mobile number for further clarifications +27 83 732 33 38 or write me to discuss via email: (dr_ede_smith1@yahoo.fr) on the percentage if this did not go well with you. I will use my position and influence to effect approvals for onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms from the ministries and foreign exchange department here in my country. I am counting on your sense of confidentiality, as you have understood the nature of this fund now. Looking forward to your urgent response. NOTE: If you do not wish to do this business i would advice you to kindly discard this documents for security reasons.
Best Regards,DR EDE SMITH,(ABSA BANK)


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