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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million 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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "utmost confidentiality" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
• 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.
  • bbrnd1@yahoo.com
  • brucebrandk@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • brucebrand1@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: bruce brand <brucebrand49@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:08:21 +0200
Subject: THE AMALGAMATED BANK FOR SOUTH AFRICA(ABSA)





International Banking
ABSA Bank Limited/ Beperk,
Reg No. 85/459781/00
______________________________________________________________

FROM THE DESK OF: MR. BRUCE BRAND
BRANCH MANAGER, AMALGAMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (ABSA)
EMAIL: bbrnd1@yahoo.com,brucebrandk@hotmail.com




ATTENTION: MR /MRS/CHIEF/DR/PROF




US$20,000,000M UNITED STATES DOLLARS TRANSFER


I am Mr. Bruce Brand, the Bank Manager Amalgamated Bank of South Africa (ABSA). I have urgent and very confidential business proposal to you. An American Gold consultant/contractor with the South African Solid Gold Corporation by name Mr. Joseph Knight made FIXED DEPOSIT for twelve calendar months valued at Twenty Million United States Dollars (US$20,000,000m) in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, I sent a reminder and finally I discovered from the South African Solid Gold Corporation that Mr. Joseph Knight died in a plane crash in Alaska Airline Flight 261.(For more information about the plane crash and this person, you can log into the website:http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/

Since I got this information about his death and on further investigation, I found out that he died without making a 'WILL’. All attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless. I made further investigation to discover that Mr. Joseph Knight did not declare any body as next of kin or relative in all his official documents including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$20,000,000m is still lodged in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one has ever come forward to claim this money.

According to the Law in REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, at the expiration of five (5) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the South African Government if nobody applies to claim the fund. Consequently, my proposal is that I will like YOU as a FOREIGNER to stand in as the next of kin to Mr. Joseph Knight so that the fruits of this old man's labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials. This is simple, I will like you to provide immediately your full names and address so that an attorney will prepare the necessary documents and affidavits that will put you in place as the next of kin.

I will employ the service of an attorney here for drafting and authorization of the WILL to obtain the necessary documents and letter of administration in your favor for the transfer. A bank account in any part of the world that you will provide will then facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin. The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me and 35% for you. Then 5% will be mapped out for any expenses that may occur during transactions.
There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the attorney and me since my position as the Branch Manager guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested, please reply immediately via my private email address below. Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand the transaction.


Kindly send me your fax and confidential telephone numbers for easy communication. Please observe utmost confidentiality and be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country.

Awaiting your urgent reply via my confidential email address:brucebrand1@yahoo.com,brucebrandk@hotmail.com

Regards,

MR BRUCE BRAND
(Branch Manager ABSA)
_________________________________________________________________
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