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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:
  • "million 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 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.
  • +27736904314 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Born Win" <jvxuserbox50@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jvxuserbox@myway.com
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 03:53:17 +0000
Subject: Hello

Attention:

RE: TRANSFER OF US$113,000,000.00 [One Hundred and Thirteen Million United
States Dollars Only].

My name is Akim Hartman; I am the operational manager in account management
section in charge of credit and foreign bills of one of the prime banks here
in South Africa. There is an account opened in this bank in 2000 by this
great late diamond and oil magnet that died with his family on the 18th day
of July 2003 on a Fatal Auto-Accident leaving no beneficiary to the account
and no other person knows about this account. Since his death I personally
has watched with keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved
abortive as no one has come to claim his funds and no other person knows
about this account or anything concerning it, the account has no other
beneficiary and until his death he was the manager of his company.

The total amount involved is $113,000.000.00 USD. [One Hundred and Thirteen
Million United States Dollar Only] We wish to start the first transfer with
$13,000.000.00 [Thirteen Million] and upon successful transaction without
any disappointment from your side; we shall re-apply for the transfer of the
remaining balance to your account.

I have secretly discussed this matter with the manager of the bank who I
must involve in order to have a smooth and a successful transfer of the fund
to any foreign bank account, which you are going to nominate for the
transfer. On this note, I want you to act as the foreign beneficiary of the
fund from the deceased by providing your bank account where the fund will be
transferred for immediate investment on any viable project as no one has
come up to be the next of kin.

The banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than 3 years
without claim hence the money will be recalled to the government treasury as
unclaimed after this long period of dormancy.

This is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential. I am sure and
have confidence of your ability and reliability to prosecute a transaction
of this great magnitude, I solicit your assistance in this matter to see if
you can assist by providing your safe bank account for the transfer or find
a reliable person who will be capable of receiving such amount in his or her
personal account. At the conclussion of the transfer 65% of the fund will be
for me, I will give you 20% of the total transfer sum, 10% for charity both
in Africa and in your country while the remaining 5% will be set aside to
settle expenses both parties might incur during the transfer process.

Upon the receipt of your reply, I will send to you detailed information
about the transaction. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this
business is 100% risk and trouble free and that you should not entertain any
fear as all modalities for fund transfer can be finalized within 7 to 9
banking days, after you apply to the bank as the beneficiary of the fund
from the deceased.

When you receive this letter. Kindly send me e-mail or you can call me. You
should also include your private fax and phone numbers for easy and safe
communication.

CONTACT; Most confidential: +27-736904314;

Contact me urgently for further detail.

Thanks.
Yours Faithfully,
Akim Hartman

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