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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million united state 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)
  • "you will be given 30%" (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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "foreign exchange" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
  • "chief auditor" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Paul Bongani. <p_bongani_2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mr_paul_bongani@myway.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 08:14:44 +0200
Subject: Urgent



FROM: MR PAUL BONGANICHIEF AUDITORAFRICAN BANK LTD(A.B.L).SOUTH AFRICA. PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL.ATTENTION: C.E.O,I know that this business proposal will come to you as surprise since we don’t know each other before, but that doesn’t mean that you will not be of a great help to me, but firstly let me introduce myself, I am Mr. PAUL BONGANI, the CHIEF AUDITOR OF AFRICAN BANK LTD(A.B.L). There is an account opened in this bank in 1982 and since 1992 nobody has operated on this account again but all this came to light after an internal auditing that I conducted last year November 2005 by going through some old files in the records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out immediately it would be forfeited for no reason. The owner of this account is MR PAT MEHRABAN IRANI, a foreigner and a miner at Kruger Gold Co, a geologist by profession and he died since 1990.No other person knows about this account or anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that this company does not know anything about this account and the amount involved is (USD30M) THIRTY MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS.I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a local bank here, but can only approved to any foreign account because the money is in US DOLLARS and the former owner of the account was MR PAT MEHRABAN IRANI.We will sign an agreement, but I assure you 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. More so, I want us to meet face to face in other to sign a binding agreement together so that we can receive this money into a foreign account or any account of our choice where the fund will be safe and I will fly to your country for withdrawal, sharing and other investments.I am contacting you because of the need to involve your full co-operation on how to make this work fine. I have correct information of this account, which will give to you later, if you are able and willing to handle such an amount of money in strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit. Please I don’t want to make a mistake, I need your strong assurance and trust. With my position now in the office I can transfer this money to any foreign 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 will enter the account. I will use my position and influence toeffect the 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 30% of the total sum, 60% will be for me, and meanwhile 10% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of transferring. I look forward to your earliest reply.Kind regards,Mr. Paul Bongani.
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