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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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• 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.
  • martinsthambo@executivemail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: martins thambo <martinsthambo0015@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <martinsthambo@executivemail.co.za>
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:25:40 +0200
Subject: FUND TRANSFER (KEEP AS CONFIDENTIAL)


FROM: Mr. Martins Thambo,Tel:+ 27- 834 - 335 - 070
Fax:+ 27-865 – 137 - 571Email:martinsthambo@executivemail.co.za
KEEP AS CONFIDENTIALI am a staff of bank in Africa.I will give you the name of my bank and other important information if I receive a positive reply from you. I work in the operations department where I serve as account officer to numerous customers.

One of the customers whom I worked as his account officer was a wealthy diamond merchant from neighboring Sierra Leone. He lost his family in the war. Unfortunately he died last year in 2006. I want you to be my partner, all you would have to do is act as the next of kin of the dead man and the whole money in the account will be In-herited by you as beneficiary and transferred into your designated foreign account in your country. I have secretly kept all the necessary documentations that you will require to claim the money in from the account. The total money in the account is USD17 million. Your share will be 30% which is USD5,100,000. My own share will be 69%, which is USD11,730,000. We shall keep 1% which is USD170,000 for expenses. Reach me immediately by mail so that I can give you further details.Also provide me your direct tel/fax to reach you.
Yours truly,
Mr. Martins Thambo.
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