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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:
  • "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "this business is hitch free " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +27838930963 (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.
  • trevorlynd@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: trevlynd1974@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:26:30 +0200
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL

Credit and foriegn Bills Dept.
Absa Bank South Africa
Harfield,
Pretoria South Africa.
Tel: +27 83 893 09 63.

ATTN:SIR/MADAM,

This mail may come to you as a surprise,but from your profile, you are the right
person that can handle this proposal I am putting before you now.

My name is Mr. Trevor Lyndhurst,of Credit and Foreign bills Dept.of ABSA 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.), 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 web site

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list

Since the demise of this customer, 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 of US$15.5M (Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thoudsand 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 nine
years, because the money will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed fund
after this period.

In view of this I got your contact through a trade journal when i was making a re
search on a foreigner i will use in this great opportunity. For your assistant I am
willing to give you 30% 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 our bank to enable us start this processing of this claim.

I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and that
you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for the smooth and easy transfer
of this fund has been finalized. I have secured from the probate an Order of Madamus
to locate any of deceased beneficiaries. Hence I am contacting you with this propo
sal.This transaction will be completed within five banking days of recieving your
response, after you apply to the bank as a relation to the deceased.

When you receive this letter. Kindly send me an e-mail or call me on +27838 930 963
signifying your decision.Please include your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick
communication on my personal email address:trevorlynd@yahoo.co.uk

Please do remember that i am still in active service.Do not do anything that may
jeopardise my future.I am placing my trust on you believing you will not let me down.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Trevor Lyndhurst
Credit and Foriegn Bills Dept.
Absa Bank South Africa

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