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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:
  • "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)
• 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.
  • thabo_buthalezi1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: thabo buthalezi <thabo_buthalezi1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 10:56:36 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: REPLY URGENTLY. A BUSINESS PROPOSAL.










From:Mr Thabo Buthalezi,

Attention: President/Ceo,

PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
Before I start, I must first apologize for this unsolicited mail to you. I am aware that this is certainly an unconventional approach to establishing a relationship, but you will realize my need for writting this mail to you, first of all, I AM MR THABO BUTHALEZI THE CHIEF AUDITOR DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN DEBT SETTLEMENT CENTRE of FIRST NATIONAL BANK (FNB).

There is an account opened in this bank in 2002 and since 2002 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 would be forfeited to the Goverment, and the law of South Africa Government says that any account that has not been operated for minium of six years would be forfeited to the goverment for nothing. The owner of this account is Mr. Samuel carter, a foreigner, and A Miner at Kruger gold Company (pty) Ltd., a geologist by profession and he died since the year 2002.
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 his company does not know anything about this account and the amount involved is thirty five million United States Dollars. ( USD 35M )

I am only 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 U.S.A dollars and the former owner of the account is Mr. Samuel carter is a foreigner too.
With respect to the fact that we do not know each other before, please I will like to know your interest on this transaction. Actually, your contact was via S.A.I.I.E.B.(South African International Internet Exchange Bureau) here in Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry, while I was searching for a reputable confidential and honest person to do this business together,with FULL UNDERSTANDING
Then with my position now in the Bank as ( THE CHIEF AUDITOR DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN DEBT SETTLEMENT CENTRE of FIRST NATIONAL BANK (FNB). I can transfer this money to any foreigner's reliable account, which you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact Pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing and note that this transaction can not take us two long to conclude, because all the necessary documentation,needed for this transaction is with me now . At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 25% of the total amount, 70% will be for me, and while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of transferring this fund.
Finally, please kindly furnish me with any of your private phone and fax numbers for more information and the immediate step to be followed.

I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the BANK is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner, who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you , if you are capable and willing to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit because this opportunity will never come again in my life.

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.

I look forward to your earliest reply through my email address below.
E-mail: thabo_buthalezi1@yahoo.co.uk

Yours Truely Mr Thabo buthalezi

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