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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:
  • "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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • a_sisilu@emailaccount.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Abraham Sisilu" <dr_sisilu6@msn.com>
Reply-To: a_sisilu@emailaccount.com
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 07:41:03 +0000
Subject: DMNR

Dear Sir,

I am Dr. Abraham Sisilu, a Native of Cape Town in South Africa and
I am an Executive Accountant with the South Africa Department of
Mining & Natural Resources. First and foremost, I apologized using
this medium to reach you for a transaction/business of this
magnitude, but this is due to confidentiality and prompt access
reposed on this medium.

Be informed that a member of the South Africa Export Promotion
Council (SAEPC) who was at the Government delegation to your
country during a trade exhibition gave your enviable credentials/
particulars to me. I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation
with you in the execution of the deal described hereunder for the
benefit of all parties and hope you will keep it as a top secret
because of the nature of this transaction.

Within the Department of Mining & Natural Resources where I work
as a director and with the cooperation of four other top officials,
we have in our possession as overdue payment bills totaling Fourteen
Million, Five Hundred Thousand united states dollars
(US$14,500,000.00) which we want to transfer abroad with the
assistance and co-operation of a foreign company/individual to
receive the said fund on our behalf into a reliable company/
individual account depending on your convenience.

More so, we are handicapped in the circumstances, as the South
Africa Civil Service Code of Conduct does not allow us to operate
offshore account hence your importance in the whole transaction.
This amount (US$14.5m) represents the balance of the total
contract value executed on behalf of my Department by a foreign
contracting firm, which we the officials over-invoiced deliberately.
Though the actual contract cost have been paid to the original
contractor, leaving the balance in the tune of the said amount
which we have in principles gotten approval to remit by Key
Tested Telegraphic Transfer (K.T.T) to any foreign bank account
you will provide by filing in an application through the Justice
Ministry here in South Africa for the transfer of rights and
privileges of the former contractor to you.

I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should
you be willing to assist us in the transaction, your share of the
sum will be 25% of the US$14.5 million, 70% for us and 5% for
taxation and miscellaneous expenses. The business itself is
100% safe, on your part provided you treat it with utmost secrecy
and confidentiality. Also your area of specialization is not a
hindrance to the successful execution of this transaction.

I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not
disappoint me. Endeavor to contact me immediately through my
secured tel/fax number or by Email: a_sisilu@emailaccount.com
whether or not you are interested in this deal. If you are not,
it will enable me contact other foreign partner with recommendation
to carry out this deal. I want to assure you that myself and my
partners are in a position to make the payment of this claim
possible provided you can give us a very strong assurance and
guarantee that our share will be secured and Please remember
to treat this matter as very confidential matter because we
will not comprehend with any form of exposure as we are still
in active Government Service and remember once again that time
is of the essence in this business.

Kindly establish your response directly by telephone or fax to
the committee's representative whose name appears below. We wait
in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.

Yours faithfully,
Abraham Sisilu (Dr.)

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