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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:
  • "million us 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.
  • m_botha@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "matrix zulez" <m_zulez@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 23:51:03 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY FROM YOU.

ATTN:(HANDLE THIS INFORMATION SECRETLY)

Dear ,

I hereby contact you personally concerning the situation in my bank. In
order to transfer out {us$34,000,000} thirty four million us dollars, I have
the courage to look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable for
this important business believing that you will never let me down either now
or in future. I am Dr Mickelle Botha, the Regional computing auditor of
(FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA) JOHANNESBURG BRANCH(FNB). There is an
account opened in this bank in 1985 and since 1990 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 will be
forfeited for nothing according to South Africa laws and act of 1993,the
money will be revert to this country government treasury after 16 years if
there is no valid claim.I need a foreign partner that I will present as a
relative to this late man.
I concluded to transfer this money overseas for proper investment that will
benefit me.The owner of this account is Mr. Sharul Rizal Mohamad, a
foreigner,and a Miner at Kruger Gold Co.a geologist by profession and he
died since 1990. No other person knows about this account or any thing
concerning it,the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation
proved to me as well that this company does not know anything about this
account and the amount involved is us$34,000,000 Thirty Four million
dollars. I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not
be approved to a local bank here, but can only be approved to any foreign
account because the money is in US dollars and the former owner of the
account is Mr. Sharul Rizal Mohamad,who is a foreigner too. I know that this
message will come to you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves before,we
will sign agreement, but be sure that it is real and a fund. I only got your
contact address from my secretary during a normal routine search, i believe
in God that you will never let me down in this business, you are the only
person that I have contacted in this business, so please reply urgently so
that I will inform you the next step to take urgently. Send also your
private telephone and fax number 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. I
am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with foreign
account and foreign beneficiary. I need your full co-operation to make this
work fine. because the management is ready to approve this payment to any
foreigner who has correct information of this account, which I will give to
you later immediately, if you are able and capable to handle such amount in
strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for our
mutual benefit. I need a truthful person in this businessn because I don't
want to make mistake and I need your strong assurance and trust. With my
position now in the office I can transfer this money to any foreigner's
reliable account which you can provide with assurance that this money will
be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing. I will
destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this money
leaving no trace to any place.you can also come to discuss with me face to
face after which I will make this remittance in your presence. I will use my
position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this
money to your account with appropriate clearance forms of the ministries and
foreign exchange departments. At the conclusion of this business, you will
be given 3O%of the total amount, 70%will be for me and my family, I look
forward to your earliest reply .
Yours truly,
Dr Mickelle Botha.
REGIONALCOMPUTING AUDITOR,
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA

NOTE: You can aswell reply through my personal email:
(m_botha@myway.com)

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