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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:
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • +27737005851 (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.
  • kennethshabalala@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "kenneth shabalala" <dr.k.shabalala17@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:26:20 +0200
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL.

 

 

FROM: DR.K.SHABALALA.
ABSA Bank
Absa Building,
C/o Pretorius and Van der Walt Streets,
P.O. Box 3915 Pretoria 0001
Tele: +27-73-700-5851.
Private e-mail:(kennethshabalala@yahoo.co.uk)

 
Attn: President / C.E.O,
 

STRICTLY  FOR YOU & NEEDS URGENT RESPONSE PLEASE!
                                                     
 This Letter Was  First Sent To You Via  Post Mail Two Months Ago, But  Uptill  Now, I Have Not Heard From You.  Based On This, I Decided To Reach You  Through This Means. Though,

I Know For Security Reasons, This Is Not The  Safest Means To Reach You, But Was Left With No Other Viable Option Since There Is The Pressing Need To Reach You. I Am Quite Sure That This Mail Will Surprise You Since I Have Not Been Having Previous Correspondences With You.

My Name Is DR.KENNETH.SHABALALA .The  Bank Manager Of  The Above Named  Bank. I Have A Good Business Proposition For You Which I Know By That, By The  Special Grace Of God Will Be Beneficial To You.

Firstly Before I Proceed, I Have To Assure You That This Mail Is Neither  Junk, Illusion Nor  Mere  Imagination, But  Practically  Achievable  If Given Maximum Support And Cooperation.

 In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of EIGTHEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND USD ($18.5MILLION). In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich, Germany) who died along with his entire family in July 2000 in a plane crash.

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THIS SITE BELLOW :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines and laws but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.
 So  I   Decided To Roll It Over. Since Then It Has Been Rolling Over .I Have  Sent Mails, Faxes To His Numbers And Addresses Given Still No Response. I  Was Forced To Contact The (Saisco)  He Has Been Working With But Was  Surprised To Hear That He And The Son Died In the Crash Just A Year After  He Deposited The Money With Us. May His Soul Rest In Peace.

The South African Law States That, In Cases Like This, The Money Should Be  Returned To The Government Account. I Am Seriously Against Returning This Old Mans Sweat To The Govt.  Account, Because One Of The Officials Will  Steal This Money From The Govt
Account,

So I have Decided To Divert This Money To  My Own Private Use. Already I Have Used My Good Contact To Withdraw This  Money & transfer it to South African Reserve Bank for smooth and successful transfer of the fund.

I am Writing for You to assist me In Safekeeping Of this money as well as  for Investment Purposes. YouAre to take 30% Of the total sum for your  assistance, 5% to take care of all the expenses incurred during  this transaction, while The Remaining Will be For my Investment in your Country. On Receipt Of Your  acceptance letter, and a mutual agreement Is reached  between us, I will send to you all The vital documents relevant to this transaction to enable you claim the consignment of money on delivery.

Anticipating your urgent and favourable  response to  this business proposition.

Please I am counting on you.

Best Regards,

DR.KENNETH.SHABALALA

Telephone: +27-73-700-5851.

N:B.
Please you can reply to my private and secured e-mail adress(kennethshabalala@yahoo.co.uk) dueto the fact that my secratary has acess to this email account that i am using to send this message to you and i would not want anything that might jeopardise my position in the bank,thank you very much for your understanding as i await your urgent response to my proposal.

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