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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • +27737948548 (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.
  • garryjohnson1@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: garryjohnson1@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 02:21:18 -0800
Subject: ALMAGATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA ABSA

>From Mr.: Garry Johnson
20 SILVER Crescents,
Johannesburg, South Africa,
PrivateEmail; garryjohnson1@hotmail.com
Phone; +27-73-794 8548.




Dear Sir/Madam,

ALMAGAMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (ABSA)

I am Mr. Garry Johnson the consulting auditor of ALMAGAMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA [ABSA] here in South Africa. As a matter of urgency am in a search for a trustworthy individual or firm has led me to you. I came across your contact while looking for a worthwhile investments or projects that I can be affiliated with. I am writing you this letter to ask for your support and co-operation to carry out this transaction.

The proposition An industrialist and a foreigner who was customer of my client bank, who died on the 25TH JULY, 2000 in CONCORDE PLANE CRASH [Flight AF4590] with the whole passengers on board. During the course of my auditing discovered an account opened in the bank in 1998 by this great late INDUSTRIALIST who died without a written or oral 'WILL' attached to the account. Since his death, I further investigated with kin interest to see if I can get any relative of the late industrialist 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 CEO of his company work with my client bank, he had a balance of $36.000.000USD {THIRTYSIX MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS} which the bank now expects a next of kin to claim as beneficiary, Valuable efforts are being made to get in touch with any of the relatives but to no success. It is because of the perceived possibility
of not being able to locate any the next of kin and the beneficiary.

The management under the influence of the Chairman and members of the Board of Directors of the bank, are making arrangement for the funds to be declared "UNCLAIMED" and will be lost to the Federal Government or subsequently be donated to the Trust Fund for Arms and Ammunition to further enhance the course of war in Africa. In order to avert this negative development, I now seek your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to Late beneficiary so that the funds USD36m would be released and paid into your account as the beneficiary next of kin. We wish to start the first transfer with $10,000,000.00[Ten 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 a close confidant attorney whom I must involve in order to assist us produce legal back-up documents which would substantiate your claims and also enable us have a smooth and successful transfer of the fund to any foreign bank account which you are going to nominate. On this note, We have secured from the probate an order of mandamus to locate any of deceased beneficiary and more so we are assuring you this business is 100% risk free involvement 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.

I look forward to your earliest reply through my private email addres(garryjohnson1@hotmail.com) and telephone number (+27-73-794-8548)Fax number TILL I HEAR FROM YOU. Just add your international dial out code number and you will get through. If this proposal is acceptable by you do not make undue advantage of the trust we have bestowed on you, then kindly get to me immediately.

Please furnish me with your private Telephone and Fax Number for easy and safe communication.

Respectfully yours,

Mr; Garry Johnson.

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