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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million united states 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.
  • nelson_tabo0001@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "HON. DR Nelson Tabo" <nelson_tabo006@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: nelson_tabo0001@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 22:57:39 +0400
Subject: TREAT WITH ULTMOST CONFIDENCE

FROM: Nelson Tabo
EMAIL: nelson_tabo0001@hotmail.com
Tel: 008821621805539

DEAR SIR/MADAM

I know that this letter will come to you as a surprise since we don`t know each other before, but for purposes of introduction, I am HON. DR Nelson Tabo, the CHIEF AUDITOR of AMALGAMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (ABSA). I am a chartered accountant by {ACCA,MIN} and chief executive of owems firm LTD.

The theme of this letter is to introduce to you a business transaction that could be of tremendous advantage should you accept to participate in it .

After going through some old files in the records of the above named bank, I discovered that there was an account opened since 1990 by one Mr. Smith B.Andreas, a geologist by profession, working with miner at Kruger gold co.This account has been domaunt since 1999. The amount involved is {USD 3.5M}three thoushand five hundred million United States Dollars .

I want a reliable and trust worthy foreign friend in whose account, I will transfer this money. In view of this, if you are in trested, please indicate by replying this letter immediately. All necessary documents as regards to the transfer have been concluded by me . Your percentage for the transaction is 20% while I have 75%and 5% is for the running cost.

This percentage is negociable 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.

Please remember to include your phone and fax numbers for easy security and confidential reasons . If this transaction is honestly carried out,you will not regret it as more profitabla venture will emmerge I look forward to your earliest reply through my
EMAIL ADRESS: nelson_tabo0001@hotmail.com,

BEST REGARD
NELSON TABO

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