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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.
• 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.
  • +27733255277 (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.
  • martinsmvoyor@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DR MARTINS MVOYOR" <drmartinsv15@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: martinsmvoyor@myway.com
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 03:03:04 +0000
Subject: FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA

From: Dr Martins Mvoyor
Home Address: No: 9A Second Avenue Wesdene,
Johannesburg South Africa.



I was convinced as to solicit for your support and assistance after reading
your profile.

I wish to inform if you can do us a favour to transfer the sum of US$10.4
Million Dollars in your account for investment. After Our Organisational
Development Consultant, Mrs. Lynne Bezuidenhout by going through some old
files in the records, we discovered that if we do not remit this money out
immediately it would be forfeited for noreason.

I am contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to
a local bank here, but can only be approved to any foreign account because
the money is in United States Dollars and the former owner Late Jonas
M.Savimbi The Angolan rebel leader (UNITA) was a foreigner too. I know that
this message will come to you as surprise as we don’t know ourselves before.

You can view the web site bellow for more information on our late

client.http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0843803.html

I want to let you know that we are more that three (3) involved in this
transaction including Mr.Bongani Dube The Chief Accountant First National
Bank, Branch Braamfontein. I want you to know the personalities involved in
this project so that you would not think that this is a gimmick transaction.

Meanwhile all the arrangements how to transfer this fund have been
concluded, once again we are going to reachan agreement with you for the
self-keeping of the fund and percentage
which you will accept from us for the total fund transfer. While expecting
your
call for more details you may requires.

Regards,

Dr Martins Mvoyor

The Bill and Exchange(Assistant) Manager.
First Rand Bank. Ath Floor,5 Merchant Place, Corner
Fredman Drive & Rivonia Road
Sandton 49.South Africa
Tel: +27 73 325 5277
Email: martinsmvoyor@myway.com

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