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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +2348033372717 (Nigeria, 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.
  • martinskuye@mighty.co.za

Fraud email example:

From: "martins kuye" <mrmartinskuye@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 09:56:35 +0000
Subject: Martins

The Desk of Martins Kuye
The former Personal Accountant
The General Manager of Standard Trust Bank (Nig) Plc
Phone: +2348033372717 email: martinskuye@mighty.co.za
Dear Sir,
Letter of Business Proposal
I am. Martins Kuye the former personnel Accountant to the General Manager of Standard Trust Bank (Nig) Plc. I want to inquire from you if you can handle this transaction for mutual benefits/life opportunity for you and me. (10% for you, 90% for me.
The transaction is about assisting me as my foreign counterpart to enable us present you as the Beneficiary of the usd$10million dollars left by our late deceased foreign customer who died in a plane crash with his family  since January 2002.
The Fund is currently in a suspense account awaiting claim, since the time the bank made a public notice that they are ready to release this fund to any of his relative abroad. I will give you more details about the transaction when I receive your affirmative response via my email address stated above.
Looking forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully

Mr Martins Kuye.

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