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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:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "is highly confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +27837167476 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • beer099@yahoo.com
  • @yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: Karen De Beer <k.beer099@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 08:28:55 +0200
Subject: FROM MR KAREN DE BEER


From: Mr. Karen De BeerThe Auditor General of a Government Accredited Diam=
ond Mining CompanyJohannesburg, South AfricaPhone: +27-83-716-7476Email: k=
.beer099@yahoo.com [http://us.mc514.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose=3Fto=3Dk.beer099=
@yahoo.com] Attention Please! I know this will come to you as a surprise b=
ut never mind; I will like to introduce my humble self to you. I am the Au=
ditor General of a Government Accredited Diamond Mining Company here in So=
uth Africa . Certainly, the prompting of this letter to you is anchored on=
my strong desire to solicit your sincere understanding and co-operation i=
n this transaction that would certainly boost the financial stand of both =
parties involved when completed. As a matter of fact, we want to transfer =
to overseas (US$ 9,600.000.00 USD) Nine Million Six Hundred Thousand Unite=
d States Dollars from the Diamond Company's operating bank account here in=
Africa, I want you to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who w=
ill be capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to se=
t up a new Bank A/C immediately to receive this money, even an empty accou=
nt can serve to receive this money, as long as you will remain honest to m=
e till the end of this important transaction, trusting in you and believin=
g in God that you will never let me down either now or in the near future.=
In all honesty, during the course of our auditing, I discovered a floatin=
g fund of the above-mentioned amount in account opened with the bank in 19=
95 and since then, nobody has operated on this account again, after going =
through some old files in the records, I discovered that the money in the =
account was mapped out for the refurbishment of the Diamond Company's Mach=
ineries. Meanwhile, Mr. Suporn Tiewtranon, the President of the Diamond Co=
mpany was the only signatory to the account, but unfortunately he died aft=
er a brief illness in 1996. And no other person knows about this account o=
r anything concerning it, and the account has no other beneficiary. My inv=
estigation proved to me that Mr. Suporn Tiewtranon, until his death he had=
wanted to transfer that money into his personal account in Standard Chart=
ered Nakornthon Bank Thailand , hence he did not disclose the operating de=
vises of the account to the Board of Trustees. On the conclusion of this t=
ransaction as soon as this money is transferred to any safe/ trust account=
of your choice, I have agreed to offer you 40% of the total money as the =
beneficiary in respect of the provision of your banking details and servic=
es rendered during the course of the transaction, and 60% would be for me.=
And will be use for investments purposes there in your country as directe=
d by you because I believe that you are more familiar with the business te=
rrain in your country (HOLLAND) more than me been a citizen. Also, be rest=
assured that this business is 100% risk free on both sides and every arra=
ngement to transfer this money to the account you are going to provide hav=
e been concluded provided we maintain the secret and confidentiality of th=
is transaction till this money arrives into your account. So if you are in=
terested, kindly contact me through the above telephone number or email, i=
ndicating your interest to help me, also I would like you to furnish me wi=
th your personal details including your direct and private telephone, fax =
and mobile numbers for easy communications reasons. Finally, be informed t=
hat this transaction is highly confidential and needs utmost trust. I am l=
ooking forward in anticipation of hearing from you as soon as possible. Go=
d bless! Yours truly,Mr. Karen De Beer.


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