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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +27732126983 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
  • +27865124065 (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.
  • bank.manager@mailbox.co.za

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Hannes Vosi" <hvnv.hannes@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ismailmyunus@micorreo.cai.es
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 13:30:03 -0400
Subject: For Investment Proposal.

From: Mr. Hannes N.Vosi.
N0:9a Secornd Avenue Wesdene,
Johannesburg South Africa.
Telephone: +27 73 2126983
Email:ismailmyunus@micorreo.cai.es
 
Attn: CEO,
Compliments of the day.
 
I did like to send to you the best wishes of good health and success in your pursuits particularly through my proposal as contained in this letter as we need your support and assistance to transfer some fund in your account for investment. This fund belongs to one of our foreign client Late Mr. Jonas M.Savimbi from Republic Of Angola, The former Angola Rebel leader.
 
It dictated after our Organisational Development Consultant, Mrs Lynne Bezuidenhout by going through some old files in the records, We discovered that if do not remit this money out immediately it would be forfeited for no reason.
I know you will be surprise to receive this confidential proposal but we have a reason why we want to remit this fund out.
 
I will use this opportunity to inform you that this fund was generated from Angola Gold Mining during the rebel war in Angola by Late Mr.Jonas M.Savimbi. There is $5.2million dollars USD which Late Mr. Jonas was deposited in the name of Major Mbunda Robert Malekwe Account number 590000878 and after some months he transferred the fund to Winfield Community Bank, Address: 27 West 111 Geneva Road, Winfield, IL 60190,USA.
And $7.5 Million Dollars which he Transferred to Bank Leumi (UK) plc, PO Box 2AF, 20 Stratford Place, London, W1N 9AF"UK. Including $11.7 Million Dollars he transferred to Bank Leumi le-Israel,Geneva,127 Branches: 1.Claridenstrasse 34, 8022 Zürich Switzerland.
 
Meanwhile your good advise, suggestions and positive ideas will be highly appreciated and will give you more information ASAP you reply.
 
Regards,
 
From: Mr. Hannes Vosi.
The Foreign Exchange Manager.
Amalgamated Bank Of South Africa.
Registered Bank. Reg. No. 1986/04794/06
Addess: 4th Floor Absa Towers East 17 Main Street.
Fax +27 865 124065
Email:bank.manager@mailbox.co.za

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