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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.
  • philips_nkosi2004@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "philips nkosi" <philips_nkosi2z@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:55:26 +0200
Subject: URGENT

Mr. Philips Nkosi
NEDBANK, South Africa
Tel + 27-78-170-6199

My name is Philips Nkosi Auditor of NEDBANK BANK SOUTH AFRICA. I am writing
in respect of a foreign customer of our bank with account number
-908-14-255-114 whose name is Cho, Kwiyoung(Mr.), an American citizen who
died in a plane crash[Korean Air Flight 801] with the whole passengers
onboard on August 6,1997.And for your perusal you
can view this website http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.

list Since the demise of this customer, I personally have watched with keen
interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has
come to claim his funds of US$15.5M (Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) which has been with our branch for a very long time.
On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the Next
of Kin as no one has come up as his next of kin. And the banking ethics here
does not allow such money to stay more
than eight years, because the money will be recalled to the National
Treasury as unclaimed fund after this period.

In view of this I got your contact after due enquiries when I was making a
research on a foreigner I will use in this great opportunity. For your
assistance I am willing to give you 20% of the total amount. Upon the
receipt of your response, I will send you by fax or e-mail the letter of
application which you will type sign and send back to the Payment
Verification Committee to enable us start this processing of this claim in
your name.
I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is free of risk
and that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for the smooth
and easy transfer of this fund has been finalized, this transaction will be
completed within ten banking days of receiving your response, after you
apply as a relation to the deceased.

When you receive this mail. Kindly reply to my private email address below
(philips_nkosi2004@yahoo.com)or you can call my private number +
27-78-170-6199 .
Please include your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication on my
personal email address:

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Philips Nkosi
NEDBANK South Africa
philips_nkosi2004@yahoo.com
Tel: + 27-78-170-6199

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