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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)
• 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.
  • douglasowen11@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: poulzuma@yahoo.co.in
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 13:22:45 +0200
Subject: URGENT &STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL PROPOSAL




NEDBANK OF SOUTH AFRICA

P.O.BOX 2242 HOUGHTON 2041,

NEDCOR SANDTON, 1ST. FLOOR,

RETAIL PLACE EAST SANDTON.





URGENT &STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL PROPOSAL





I am Mr. Douglas Owen a chartered chief auditor with NEDBANK of South Africa. I got your contact address from your country s Trade Journal. You’re impressive and managerial records made me to solicit for your partnership in these regards. You are the only person that I have contacted for this business, with the believe that you will not let me down.



After going through some old files in the records during the audit for the year in my own department which I am supper heading now, I discovered that there was an account opened in this our bank since 2002 and 2003, and since then till now nobody has operated on this very account.



The owner of this account as I discovered from bank record secretly , is Late Mr. Jerome N. Snaga, a foreigner and a miner at the Anglo Gold Platinum Mining Company in Mafikeng South Africa, as a geologist by profession and he has died since 2003 and Up till now, no other person knows about this account or anything concerning this money , no other persons name or group was putting as the beneficiary of this money because according to my investigation which I made last few months ago proved to me that his family and his company does not know anything about this account , because the company fold up after the death of Late Mr. Jerome N. Snaga.



The amount involved in this discovered account is US$ 20.5Million(Twenty Three Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) and I want to transfer the total fund to a safe bank account overseas before my resignation from my bank. Meanwhile I contact you as a trusted partner who will stand as the beneficiary of the fund and next of kin to Late Jerome N. Snaga to claim this fund in your name.



I will secretly put your name in the file of Late Mr. Jerome N. Snaga’s file to enable you claim the fund successfully. I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this fund can not be approved to a local bank here.So I only need your full co-operation in order to achieve the success of this project and be informed our management is ready to approve this payment to whoever that has correct information to this very account of which I will relate to you later, if you are able to handle such fund in strict confidence and trust according to my instruction and advice for our mutual benefits because this opportunity will never come again in my life. I need your strong assurance, honesty trust and reliability because With my position now in this office the fund will be transferred successfully.


With my full position now at my department I can even transfer this money to any reliable foreign account, which you can provide to me with assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing of this money.



Be assured that you stand no risk of any kind as the fund belongs to us now, Therefore, after the eventual stage of the transfer of this fund, I will offer you a reasonable sum from the total fund, just bear in mind that 5% will be set aside to offset every expenses we might incur during the course of project.



Do indicate your private contact address, phone number & fax number for further communication on project. Looking forward to hear your urgent response today, thank you for your co-operation.Contact Email : douglasowen11@myway.com





Best Regards,

Mr. DOUGLAS OWEN

Chartered Chief Auditor

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