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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:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "foreign exchange" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• 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.
  • j_belong@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ken paul <kenpaul777@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 09:55:57 +0000
Subject: YOUR ORGENT ASSISTANCE
















FROM :Mr JACOB SULE THE BANK MANAGER OF
AMALGAMATED BANK OF
SOUTH AFRICA(ABSA).


FOREIGN INVESTMENT PARTNER


I
know that this message will come to you as a surprise since we don't
know each other before, but for purpose of introduction, I am Mr JACOB
SULE the Bank Manager of AMALGAMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (ABSA). There
is an account opened in this bank in 1990 and since 2000 nobody has
operated on this account again. After going through some old files in
the records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out
urgently it would be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account
is Mr. Smith B. Andreas, a foreigner, and a miner at Kruger gold co., a
geologist by profession and he died since 2002. No other person 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
(£12M) Great Britain Pound Sterlings . I am only contacting you as a
foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a local bank here,
but can only be approved to any foreign account because the money is in
U.S dollars and the former owner of the account is Mr. Smith B. Andreas
is a foreigner too. I know that this message will come to you as a
surprise as we don't know ourselves before. We will sign an agreement,
but be sure that it is real and a genuine business. Please reply
urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take immediately.
Send also your private telephone and fax number including the full
details of the account to be used for the deposit.
I want us to meet
face to face or sign a binding agreement to bind us together so that
you can receive this money into a foreign account or any account of
your choice where the fund will be safe. And I will fly to your country
for withdrawal and sharing and other investments. I am contacting you
because of the need to involve a foreigner with foreign account and
foreign beneficiary. I need your full co-operation to make this work
fine because the management is ready to approve this payment to any
foreigner, who has correct information of this account, which I will
give to you later immediately, if you are capable and willing to handle
such amount in strict confidence and trust according to my instructions
and advice for our mutual benefit because this opportunity will never
come again in my life. I need truthful person in this business because
I don't want to make mistake I need your strong assurance and trust.
With my position now in the office I can transfer this money to any
foreigner's reliable account, which you can provide with assurance that
this money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country
for sharing. I will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we
receive this money leaving no trace to any place. You can also come to
discuss with me face to face after which I will make this remittance in
your presence and two of us will fly to your country at least two days
ahead of the money going into the account. I will apply for annual
leave to get visa immediately, I hear from you that you are ready to
act and receive this fund in your account. I will use my position and
influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money
to your account with appropriate clearance forms of the ministries and
foreign exchange departments. At the conclusion of this business, you
will be given 25% of the total amount, 70% will be for me, and while 5%
will be for expenses which both parties might have incurred during the
process of transferring.
(N.B ) please remember to include your
phone and fax number for easier,security and confidential reasons . I
look forward to your earliest reply through my
(EMAIL j_belong@hotmail.com)
Yours Faithfully,
Mr.JACOB SULE
_________________________________________________________________
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