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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:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• 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.
  • +27727788666 (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.
  • mr_jabulani_thambo@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Lisbon Bank" <foreign-remittance-dept-22@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: foreign-remittance-dept-one@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 18:30:07 +0200
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS AND CONFIDENTIAL

FROM: DIRECTOR JABULANI THAMBO.
DIRECTOR AUDIT / ACCOUNTS UNITS
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
MERCHANTILE LISBON BANK
MERCHANTILE LISBON HOUSE
142 WEST, STREET SANDTON 2196
JOHANNESBURG – SOUTH AFRICA
Phone: +27 72 778 8666
Email: mr_jabulani_thambo@yahoo.com


YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE
DEAR CEO/DIRECTOR

[THIS IS PRIVATE BUSINESS AND CONFIDENTIAL]

With due honor and respect, I introduce myself to you for a better
relationship. I am MR.JABULANI THAMBO the Director in charge of
Audit/Accounts unit, Foreign Remittance Department of MERCHANTILE BANK OF
LISBON in South Africa. Your contact is courtesy of Business online network
via Internet as I decided to contact you for this beneficial transaction
that is 100% risk free. During auditing, verifications/investigations in our
bank at the end of last fiscal (financial) year, I discovered the sum of
(US$22,500,000.00)TWENTY TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLERS in a
dormant account belonging to Late Mr. Morris Thompson an American citizen
who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight
261 which crashed on February 4th 2000, including his wife and only
daughter.You shall read more about this crash on visiting this site.
www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list

Our investigations reveal no survival –no NEXT OF KIN/RELATIONS for claims
as we have long been expecting someone to forward applications forclaims as
it applies to our banking regulations. Information / verifications from
reliable sources confirmed that his supposed "NEXT OF KINS" died with him in
the crash. However, I keep this information (SECRET) confidential within my
jurisdiction to enable us submit claims and transfer this fund through
trustworthy person whom we shall present to our bank as the BONAFIDE "NEXT
OF KIN" to the deceased. We intent to credit this fund into any of your
nominated (designated) offshore bank account for investments. Meanwhile, all
domestic arrangements for claims have been put in place awaiting your
acceptance to participate.

I will give you directives and all needed information as soon as I receive
your positive response. Kindly understand that we could not carry out this
on our own at based on the simple facts that we are civil servants and not
allowed to operate foreign account that involves such huge amount, it will
raise eyebrows on our side in terms of transfer being staff of the bank.
Moreover, this fund belongs to a foreigner and demand same as next of kin to
claim it.

Hence your contact for successful operation. My colleague and I have
resolved to offering you 30% of the total sum as commission, extra 10% of
all proceeds to be generated form subsequent investments and will make you a
fund manager in a five (5) year irrevocable contractual business
partnership. We will invest 50% of our shares into your firm provided it is
profit orientated. 5% of the total fund will be set aside to re-imburse all
expenses to be incurred in the course of this transaction such as telephone
and other minor expenses.

I am assuring you of a smooth and successful transaction provided you
display maturity and observe confidentiality. And it will interest you to
know that the Reserve Bank will authorize credit of this fund into your
account as contract payment to alleviate you from all queries regarding the
source (originality) of fund and will provide you (beneficiary) with
contractual (data) details to certify your bank or government if the need
arises.

Therefore, be kind to clarify the following: 1. Can your account accommodate
this fund in your local bank without government intervention or do you have
an account outside your country where you may consider safe for this fund?
2. What are taxation rates in your country as I desire a low/free tax zone?
3. What other lucrative investments would you suggest as I intend banking,
real estate and import/export investments? 4. Can you make residential
documents and purchase a house for me and my family to relocate and settle
in your country?

Looking forward for your urgent response through my private email
mr_jabulani_thambo@yahoo.com

Best regards,

MR.JABULANI THAMBO,
DIRECTOR AUDIT / ACCOUNTS UNITS
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
MERCHANTILE LISBON BANK OF
SOUTH AFRICA

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