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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)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +27782865151 (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.
  • georgemoroka2003@yahoo.com
  • george_moroka@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "george moroka" <gmoroka8@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 13:06:50 +0200
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL LETTER OF ASSISTANCE !!!

FROM:GEORGE MOROKA ESQ,
JOHANNESBURG,
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA,
TELEPHONE:+27-782-865-151,
E-mail:georgemoroka2003@yahoo.com
:george_moroka@myway.com

Good Day,
NOTIFICATION OF BEQUEST

I am Barrister GEORGE MOROKA,a lawyer here in The Republic Of South
Africa.On the 26th December 2004, my client,a native of your country, who
worked with TOTAL Petroleum Prospecting Company here in the REPUBLIC OF
SOUTH AFRICA, his wife and their only child lost their lives in the Tsunami
disaster that occoured in Thailand.

Since then, several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients
extended relative has also proved unsuccessful. Hence,after these several
unsuccessful attempts,I decided to track his last name over the Internet, to
locate any member of his family therefore I contacted you. I have contacted
you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my
client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by ABSA BANK
where this deposit was lodged.

The deposited fund is valued at US$29.5million{Twenty nine million five
hundred thousand United States Dollars]The Bank has issued me a notice to
provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next 14
WORKING days.I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased to have the same last name so that the proceeds of this account
valued US$29.5million{Twenty nine million five hundred thousand United
States Dollars] can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money.
60% to me and 35% to you (NEGOTIABLE).AND 5% Will be set asside for
contingency expenses.All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us
see this project through.I will give you the full details of my client if
you give me your full willingness to assist me.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you and I from any breach of the law. You are sincerely
required to contact me urgently If you are in a position to honestly
cooperate with me in this regard, please reply to the email address above or
telephone number:+27-782-865-151 .Reason for this is to avoid my junior
partners from having knowledge of this matter. Best regards,

GEORGE MOROKA ESQ.

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