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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:
  • "into your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • james_khumalo@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: james khumalo <j54_khumalo@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 12:50:39 +0000
Subject: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL



DEPARTMENT OF WORKS & HOUSING
189 INDUSTRIAL AREAS, UNION BUILDING
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
FROM: MR JAMES KHUMALO
TEL: 27-82-717-2473
FAX: 27-11-507-6920
Email: james_khumalo@hotmail.co.uk

ATTN: CHAIRMAN/MD/CEO

INVESTMENT PROPOSAL
Good Day,

I write this proposal to intimize you about investment project we want to invest with you in your Country/ Anywhere provided that you are a Man/Woman of good omen. Actually, we know that you will be surprise to receive this proposal from us in sense that you did not know us from the beginning and how my colleagues and I got your personal contact.

However, I am Mr. James Khumalo, General Accountant with Department of Works & Housing South Africa, we received your contact information from your Country Trade and Industry Johannesburg, though we did not disclose our business intention to them rather we decided to contact you directly and to inform you about this deal base on your executive profile and business opportunity in your Country. My colleagues and I after our due deliberation and consideration, we decided to contact you and choose you as our co-investor to invest the sum of Forty Million United States Dollars {US$40MILLION} we have into our possession that is in Government Suspend Account {RESERVE BANK} as over invoice {surplus} amount that happen due to a contract awarded to Bulgaria Company for Construction and Re-construction of Shopping Malls in our cities.

Then, according to agreement between African Countries and World Bank, International Monetary Fund {IMF} and Paris Club Service to pay all Foreign Contractors their contract fund {Money} with immediate effect. We now seek for your assistance to champion this over-invoice of US$40MILLION into your nominated bank account as the right beneficiary of this fund.

Subjected to our proposal, we need you to furnish/make available the following details: - Company details, Private Telephone and fax number plus Bank Details, which will help us have claim on this fund. On the acceptance of this deal, we have agreed to offer you 35% of the total fund for your assistance 5% is for expenses made by both parties while 60% of the total fund is for our investment in your Country or elsewhere with you.

Further, to this deal/transaction we assure and guarantee genuine and proper documentation of this fund on your behalf as soon as you furnish your above details and ready to show your capability to champion this deal. We request from you genuine assistance, goodwill and confidentiality until the deal is over.

Finally, I will be with you in your Country immediately your banker confirms the remittance all right. Note: please kindly hurry up and make those details available via fax or email: james_khumalo@hotmail.co.uk urgently to me, we will detail you more on how this deal will take place, we thank you for your best interest and understanding into this deal.

Thanks

With best regards

MR JAMES KHUMALO
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