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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:
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • "confidentiality of this transaction" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • +27834729685 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • victorkambida2@katamail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "victor kamala" <victorkamala2@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:30:07 +0200
Subject: Private and confidential


From: Mr. Victor Kamala
Tel: +27-83-472-9685.
Email:victorkambida2@katamail.com
Private and confidential
ATTN:

Good day! My name is Mr. Victor Kamala, the Operation Manager of Amalgamated

bank of South Africa (ABSA), there is an account opened in this bank in 1999
and since 2001 nobody has operated on this account again. After going
through some old files in the records, I discovered the owner of the account
died during the September 11th Terrorist attack in the World Trade Center,
Since then I have made several personal inquiries from the embassy to locate
any of my late client extended relatives, but this has also proved
unsuccessful if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited.


The owner of this account is Mr. Smith White, a foreigner of United States
of America and a Miner at Kruger Gold Company. A Geologist by profession
died in 2001. No one knows about this account or anything concerning it, the
account has no other beneficiary and the investigation proves to me as well
that his company does not know anything about this account and the amount in
the account at the moment is US$23, 100.000.00 (Twenty Three Million, One
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). As the money is in United States
dollars, I need a foreign partner/ account to transfer the money overseas
thus I am contacting you. Please kindly indicate and if so contact me on the
above phone numbers to enable me inform you on next step to take.

I need your full co-operation to make this transaction work because the
management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct
information on this account, which I will give you if you indicate your
interest. I hope you can be able to handle such amount in strict confidence
because this opportunity will never come again in my life. I need truthful
person in this business relationship because I don't want to make any
mistake. I need your strong assurance and confidentiality.

With my position now in the office I can transfer this money to any reliable
foreign account, with assurance that this money will be intact pending my
physical arrival in your country for sharing. All documents regarding this
transaction will be destroyed once I receive confirmation of the money in
your account thus leaving no trace to anything. I will apply for annual
leave to get visa immediately on confirmation to receive this fund into your
account with appropriate clearance forms from the Ministries and Foreign
Exchange Department.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 25% of the total
amount, 70% will be for me and the remaining 5% will be set aside for
expenses incurred by both parties. For the confidentiality of this
transaction, kindly contact me on the above e-mail address for more
clarification.

Best regards,

Mr. Victor Kamala.

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