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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dennis Nkomo" <dennisnkomo2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dennisnkomo111@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:23:08 +0200
Subject: GOOD DAY.

FROM DENNIS NKOMO.
AUDITOR GENERAL.
ABSA BANK LTD.
JOHANBNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
TEL:27-73-344-1313.

DEAR SIR/MADAM

I am MR.DENNIS NKOMO, The Auditor General of ABSA BANK OF SOUTH
AFRICA(ABSA). I have decided to contact you through this medium based on a
business proposal, which will be of mutual benefit to both of us. However, I
got your contact through a BUSINESS TRADE MANUAL in South African Chamber Of
Commerce in my search for a foreign business partner whom I will transfer
this fund in his personal or company’s account.

During the annual bank auditing, we discovered an abandoned sum of US$ 9,000
000:00 ( NINE MILLION US DOLLARS ONLY) in an account that belong to one of
our foreign customers (Willie Jackson Sr.) 61 years, of Scotch Plains, N.J.
USA lost his life aboard Egypt Air Flight 990,which crashed into the
Atlantic Ocean on October 31,1999. View this
website;(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm ) .Since we
got the information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin
to come over and claim his money, because we can not release it unless some
body apply for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in
our banking guidelines.

Unfortunately, nobody has come forward to claim this money. It is based on
this, that some officials in my department and I have decided to establish a
cordial business relationship with you, hence my contacting You. If you
indicate interest in this transaction I will let you know they steps to
take for a smooth transaction for the approval of this fund from the Bank in
your favour.

The mode of sharing after the transfer of the money into your nominated bank
account will be as follows: 65% for me and my colleagues, 30% will be given
to you for your assistance and 5% will be mapped out to offset expenses
during the course of the transaction. in receipt of this mail, call me
immediately via the above phone or email and kindly send me your private
telephone and fax numbers for easy communication. Please treat this business
proposal STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.

Hoping to hear from you soon.

Best Regards,

DENNIS NKOMO.

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