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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • +27732178242 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: ehabjoseph@webmail.co.za
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 13:55:51 +0200
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL FUND TRANSFER REQUEST.

15 Queen's Drive,
Kessignton South
Kessington - Johannesburg
South Africa.
Tel;+27-73-2178242.
Fax;+27-11-4359124
Email;ehabjoseph@webmail.com

Dear Sir/Madam,

I got your contact in my search for an honest, Godly and trustworthy foreign partner
to assist me transact a rather very lucrative but confidential business.

Firstly, I must introduce myself to you. I am Col. (rtd)Ehab Badawi Joseph, a
former aide de camp and confidant to the late Sudanese former rebel Leader Col.John
Garang.Due to the war raging in my country the late leader was using me through
diplomatic means to send money out of the country.The Money was used to purchase
Arms and Ammunition and related military Softwares aimed at liberating the Southern
Sudan from the mainstream Islamic Government.

On this particular occasion the Col.Garang gave me the sum of US$15.5MILLION
(FIFTEEN MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS) to make such purchase in
(DENEL),the South African Arms and Ammunition Company.This money was packed into a
SAFE-BOX and brought into SOUTH AFRICA by DIPLOMATIC MEANS. It is here in South
Africa that the news of the death of our Leader reached me, just exactly as he
feared. May his soul rest in peace! After receiving the news of his death, i was
faced with deciding on what to do with the said amount.

I then deposited the SAFE-BOX containing this money in a PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY
here in SOUTH AFRICA as FAMILY VALUABLES, without disclosing real content of it to
them. My objective now is to invest this money in a foreign country like yours. I
will also appreciate entering into a profitable joint venture with you after the
safe transfer of the money.

I am by this mail asking you to assist me transfer this money to your
personal/corporate account. For your assistance,I shall compensate you with 25% of
the total sum. I have also set aside 5% of the total sum for expenses you and l may
incur in course of this transaction.The remaining 70% will be for my family,which
you will help us invest. Kindly, contact me by this email address or phone number so
that i will furnish you with the details of the transaction as soon as you assure
me of your honesty, trust and determination to help me.

Note that all necessary arrangements for the success of this transaction have been
concluded by me here and the transaction will take us a maximum of 3 [Three] working
days to accomplish.There is no risk involved.

Thanks,
Best Regards
Ehab Badawi Joseph.

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