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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:

• 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.
  • +27782972624 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: southafricanreservebank11@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 20:49:40 +0200
Subject: it might definitely be you becase its recognised worldwide











Hello,

You are actually getting this mail today,perharps because this year is your year of becoming a billionaire.
My name is Mr T.T. Mboweni,the Governor of South African Reserve Bank.this is an annual sweepstake program that enables south africa come to the aid of those that wants to invest in bigger businesses.but do not have the finance to do so.all we do is to get your profile,then look into it if you are qualified we send you this mail,you give us your bank detail,we confirm from your bank to ensure you are reliable then we give you a loan of ten million dollars(10,000,000),we have to be very sure you will pay back the loan in ten years and its interest free.we give this loan out to five people annually,worldwide.who knows you might be one of the lucky winners for this year.once we get you bank details we will give you a reference number which you will keep to check if you are qualified at the end of the day.

The aim of this project is to

1.Bring south africa to lime light

2.Bring possible investors to South Africa.

Pls feel free to fill this form below in BLOCK letters

Name:

Address:

Telephone number:

Credit card number

Expiry date

C V V:

Name on credit card:

billing address of the card
(i.e. address to which the bills of the card are sent)

When we get these infomations we will tell you what next to do,also take note that these details are neccesary because we are going to send the money straight to this card once you qualify

Thanks.


T.T. MBOWENI
+27 78 2972 624

T.T. MOBWENI
GOVERNOR SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK

Laws and regulations governed or administered by the South African Reserve Bank. The South
African Reserve Bank is located in Pretoria. Physical address: 370 Church Street, Pretoria, 0002.

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