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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:
  • "this business is hitch free " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • makanatepo1@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: tepomakana2006@easyinfomail.co.za
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 01:45:03 +0100
Subject: Work With Me

First National Bank
Pretoria South Africa.
makanatepo1@excite.com
Tel 0027 78301 9020

My name is Tepo Makana the manager,Credit and Foreign
bills of FIRST NATIONAL BANK SOUTH AFRICA. I am writing
in respect of a foreign customer of our bank with account
number 908-14-255-114 whose name is Cho, Kwiyoung(Mr.),
an American citizen who died in a plane crash[Korean Air
Flight 801] with the whole passengers onboard on August 6,1997.
And for your perusal you can view this website

Ref: http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list

Since the demise of this customer, I personally have
watched with keen interest to see the next of kin but
all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim
his funds of US$15.5M (Fifteen Million Five Hundred
Thoudsand United States Dollars) which has been
with our branch for a very long time. On this
note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be
used as the Next of Kin as no one has come up as his
next of kin. And the banking ethics here does not allow
such money to stay more than eight years, because the
money will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed
fund after this period.

In view of this I got your contact through a trade
journal when i was making a research on a foreigner i
will use in this great opportunity. For your assistant
I am willing to give you 20% of the total amount. Upon
the receipt of your response, I will send you by fax or
e-mail the letter of application which you will type sign
and send back to our bank to enable us start this processing of this claim.

I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free
and that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for the smooth
and easy transfer of this fund has been finalized, this transaction will be
completed within five banking days of receiving your response, after you
apply
to the bank as a relation to the deceased.

When you receive this mail. Kindly reply to my private
email address below makanatepo1@excite.com

Please include your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick
communication on my personal email address:

Yours Sincerely,
Tepo Makana
Manager Credit and Foriegn Bills
FIRST NATIONAL Bank South Africa
makanatepo1@excite.com
Tel: 0027 78301 9020

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