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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.
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • sibusiso_frank@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • frank@webmail.co.za

Fraud email example:

From: sibusiso_frank@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 17:57:30 +0200
Subject: Let's work this out.

FROM: Sibusiso Franklin
ABSA Bank South Africa
EMAIL: sibusiso_frank@hotmail.com
REPLY EMAIL: sibusiso-frank@webmail.co.za

Dear,
I am Sibusiso Franklin the Auditing and accounting manager ABSA Bank South Africa,I request your co-operation in the transfer project of US$15 Million that was deposited in my bank by Mr.Andreas Schranner from Germany, in the year 2000.This money according to his explanation was targeted towards investment in the South African growing Real Estate industry. Unfortunately he died along with his entire family on 31st July 2000 in a plane crash without concluding that very assignment.
Since we got this information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless some body applies for it as his next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines and laws but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.
Please visit: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after five years, the money will be transferred into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund.The request of a foreigner as his next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner.

The point is that his employers are not aware of his deposit with us,the whole details relating to Mr.Andreas Schranner deposit is also with me.I am looking forward for a foreigner like you who will act as the next of kin for the claim. The funds can be wired transfered into your provided account.I have worked out modalities of achieving my aim by appointing you as the next of kin as well as to transfer the money abroad for us to share.

If you agree to act as the next of kin to enable me transfer the money to our own benefit,I will give you 20% of entire the sum,60% will be for me.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PLANE CRASH, VISIT THIS SITE BELOW
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Best regards,
Sibusiso Franklin

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