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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "a project that will be very beneficial to both of us" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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 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.
  • ken_ngubani001@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "kenneth ngubani" <ken_ngubani26@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ken_ngubani001@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 04:43:45 -0700
Subject: LET US WORK TOGETHER FOR OUR MUTUAL BENEFIT

FROM: MR KENNETH NGUBANI
STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA
BANK HEADQURTERS 207 CARLTON AVENUE
SANDTON JHB, SOUTH AFRICA

Dear Friend,
RE: STRICTLY PRIVATE/CONFIDENTIAL.

I am Mr. Kenneth Ngubani the director in charge of auditing section Standard
Bank South Africa Sandton Branch. As it may interest you to know, I got your
impressive information through the information exchange in the Johannesburg
chamber of commerce and industries here in Johannesburg South Africa. I have
decided to contact you on a project that will be very beneficial to both of
us. During our auditing in this bank, I came across some amount of money
belonging to a deceased foreigner Mr. Hen Huang who is mining magnate here
in South Africa who died with four of his employee on February 16, 1998 in a
plane crash. The fund has been dormant in his account with this bank without
any claim of the fund in our custody from his relation before my discovery
of this
development. He was a very successful businessman but did not leave any
information about his next of kin in his bio data form. This is the reason
why no one has laid claim to the fund since 1998.

The said amount is US$$21,500, 000.00 (Twenty one million, five hundred
thousand Us
Dollars).pleaseviewthiswebsite:http://www.cnn.com/world/9802/16/taiwan.crash.update2/for
your information been you not a Taiwanese will not pose any problem for the
successful transfer of this fund into your account. The entire whole
arrangement to put claim over this fund as the next of kin to the deceased
has been put in place and directives will be relayed to you as soon as you
indicate your interest and willingness to assist me and also benefit your
self to this great business opportunity. In this country as a civil servant
(a banker), we are not allowed to operate a foreign account. This is the
actual reason why it will require a second party or fellow who will forward
claims as the next of kin to the bank and also present a foreign account
where he will need the money to be transferred into on his request. Our
banking law stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after eight
years, the money will be transferred into the bank treasury as unclaimed
fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned
by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a South African cannot
stand as next of kin. I don't want this money to go into the bank treasury
as unclaimed bill. Be assured this transaction is 100% risk free. On
conclusion of this project, you will be entitled to 35% of the total sum as
gratification, while 60% will be for me. The rest of the 5% will before any
expenses that we may incur during this transaction.
Please you have been advised to keep this matter "top secret" I will fly
down to your country for subsequent sharing of the fund according to
percentages previously indicated and further investment will be discussed.
On your acceptance to be my partner, please email for a brief discussion
before we proceed. Please keep this proposal secret, even if you are not
interested.
Looking forward to hearing from you. You can reply me through this email
ken_ngubani001@yahoo.co.ukor you can call me on my direct telephone 27 72
588 9315 for further deliberations.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Kenneth Ngubani
Tel: 27 73 498 5718
Email: ken_ngubani001@yahoo.co.uk

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