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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:
  • "hundred thousand 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 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.
  • +27735749549 (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.
  • info.k.davis@jmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: davis khumalo <k_davis.037@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <info.k.davis@jmail.co.za>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:33:13 +0000
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL



FROM MR. KHUMALO DAVIS
ADDRESS: No. 5,Haggar Rider Avenue, Johannesburg, South Africa.
TEL:+27 735 749 549
EMAIL: info.k.davis@jmail.co.za



ATTENTION: Sir / Madam,




CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL


Please forgive my indignation of contacting you without your consention of your e-mail address. I am Mr Khumalo davis, the chief Auditor in NED BANK of South Africa.
During my auditing in the bank, I found an account opened in this bank in 1992 and since 2000 nobody has operated on this account. After going through some old files in the record, I discovered that the owner of this account is Mr. Adolf Mart. Andreas, from MUNICH GERMANY and a miner at Kruger Gold Company who died along with his entire family in a plane crash since 2000.

No other person(s) 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 Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$12.5M).
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THIS SITE BELOW:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

I am only contacting you as a partner based in another country, because this money cannot be approved to a local bank here, but can only be approved to any foreign account. Mr. Adolf Mart Andreas is a foreigner and to that effect, a foriegn account is required. I need your full co-operation to make this transaction work, because the management is ready to approve the transfer of this money to a next of kin who has correct information of this account, which I will provide to you later. I aticipate your capablity and willingness to handle such amount in strict confidence and according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit. There's no risk involved as all the process is diligently covered.

I will use my position and influence to effect approvals and onward transfer of this money to your bank account with appropriate clearance forms from the appropriate ministries and foreign exchange departments.
Please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take immediately. Send also your private telephone and fax numbers including the full details of the account to be used for the deposit. At the conclusion of this business, you will get 25% of the total amount, 70% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might incur during the transfer process.

I look forward to your earliest reply, God Bless.

Sincerely Yours,
Mr. Khumalo Davis (NED BANK,Chief Auditor)

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