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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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• 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.
  • dan_mbeki01@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DANIEL MBEKI <mrdanielmbeki@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: dan_mbeki01@myway.com
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 01:04:12 +0100
Subject: VERY URGENT REPLY NEEDED


Daniel Mbeki
Alpha Bank, London-England
Private email: dan_mbeki01@myway.com

Dear Friend,

I am a worker with Alpha Bank London and my name is Mr. Daniel Mbeki, a South African working here in London. Please permit me to make this plea to you and if interested, do not hesitate to get back to me via my email immediately for further action.

Last 4 years, a group of men from Africa were able to move the sum of $25.5M (Twenty Five Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars Only) to our branch here in London and since then, none of them have shown up to lay claims on the said amount.

Several calls have been made to the owners and none was successful on the numbers given and now I have all the paper work to transfer the funds via our bank to your account without any trace as all documents will be destroyed by me immediately the transfer is taken place after 5 days of receiving your details.

Just few days I discovered from the right source that the owner of this money is dead and I have gone through his file and have discovered that he has no Next of Kin to inherit his money. I want to use you as the Next of Kin to enable me transfer the funds ($25.5M) to your account immediately.

Please this is very confidential and must not be discussed with anyone else as I have prepared all my documents to affect the transfer to your account once I have made all changes on the account.

Also you will assure me that you will not disappear with the funds hence I make this plea in good faith. I have all the documents gotten from the Registry to put you in place as the Next of Kin. The funds will be shared on 60/40 bases to avoid greed on both sides.

If you are interested, get back to me now with your full contact details and we shall get this done. It is very important to note that your response should be forwarded to: dan_mbeki01@myway.com
Yours faithfully,

Mr. Daniel Mbeki
Reply to: dan_mbeki01@myway.com

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