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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:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million us 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 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.
  • s_williamdr@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DR SAKUMZI WILLIAM" <sakumzi_william0@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 17:01:27 +0000
Subject: GET BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY

send me reply by :(s_williamdr@yahoo.com)

Dear,

I hereby contact you personally concerning the situation in my bank. In
order to transfer out {us$ 12,000,000} twelve million us dollars, I have the
courage to look for a reliable and honest person who will becapable for this
important business believing that you will never let me down either now or
in future.

I am Dr Sakumzi William, the Regional computing auditor of (FIRST NATIONAL
BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA) JOHANNESBURG BRANCH (FNB). There is an account opened
in this bank in 1985 and since 1990 nobody has operated on this account
again. After going through some old files in the records I discovered that
if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing
according to South Africa laws and act of 1993,the money will be reverted to
this country government treasury account after 16 years if there is no valid
claim. I need a foreign partner that will present as a relative to this late
man. I concluded to transfer this money overseas for proper investment that
will benefit me.

The owner of this account is Mr. Clinton Jones, a foreigner, and a Miner at
Kruger Gold Co.a geologist by profession and he died since 1990. No other
person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has
no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that this
company does not know anything about this account and the amount involved is
us$12,000,000 twelve million dollars. I am only contacting you as a
foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local bank here, but
can only be approved to any foreign account because the money is in US
dollars and the former owner of the account Mr. Clinton Jones is a foreigner
too.

I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we don't know
ourselves before, we will sign agreement, but be sure that it is real and a
fund. I only got your contact address from my secretary during a normal
routine search, i believe in God that you will never let me down in this
business, you are the only person that I have contacted in this business, so
please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take
urgently.

Send also your private telephone and fax number. I want us to meet face to
face or sign a binding agreement to bind us together so that you can receive
this money into a foreign account or any account of your choice where the
fund will be safe. I am contacting you because of the need to involve a
foreigner with foreign account and foreign beneficiary. I need your full
co-operation to make this work fine. Because the management is ready to
approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this
account, which I will give to you later immediately, if you are able and
capable to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust according to my
instructions and advice for our mutual benefit.

I need a truthful person in this business because I don't want to make
mistake and I need your strong assurance and trust. With my position now in
the office I can transfer this money to any foreigner's reliable account
that you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending
my physical arrival in your country for sharing. I will destroy all
documents of transaction immediately we receive this money leaving no trace
to any place. you can also come to discuss with me face to face after which
I will make this remittance in your presence.

I will use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward
transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms of
the ministries and foreign exchange departments. At the conclusion of this
business, you will be given 3O% of the total amount, 70% will be for me and
my family, I look forward to your earliest reply through my email address.

Yours truly,
Dr Sakumzi William.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF S/AFRICA

NOTE:you can as well write me through my alternative email
address:( s_williamdr@yahoo.com )

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