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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 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.
  • +27781722273 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "george moroka" <george_moroka01@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 17:12:16 +0200
Subject: APPEAL FOR ASSISSTANCE

FROM: GEORGE MOROKA
TEL: +27-781722273
SOUTH AFRICA


Dear Sir/Madam,

APPEAL FOR ASSISSTANCE

I know that this message will come to you as a surprise since we don't know
each other before, but for purpose of introduction, I am GEORGE MOROKA a
Bank Manager of AMALGAMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (ABSA).First and foremost.

I apologize 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.

I plea 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. There is
an account opened in this bank in 1990 and since 1998 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 would be
forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is MR. ANDREA B SMITH, a
foreigner, and a miner at Kruger oil Company and Kruger gold Company .a
geologist by profession and he died since 1998.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 his company does
not know anything about this account and the amount involved is
USD$45,000,000M) million Dollars.

I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot 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. ANDREA B SMITH 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 an
agreement, but be sure that it is real and a genuine business. Please reply
urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take immediately. 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. And I will fly to your
country for withdrawal and sharing and other investments. 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 capable and willing to handle such amount in strict confidence and
trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit because
this opportunity will never come again in my life.

I need truthful person in this business because I don't want to make mistake
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 and two of us will fly to your country at
least two days ahead of the money going into the account. I will apply for
annual leave to get visa immediately I hear from you that you are ready to
act and receive this fund in your account.

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 30% of the total amount, 70% will be for me.

I look forward to your earliest reply through TEL: +27-781722273
yours truly.

GEORGE MOROKA

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