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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • "confidentiality of this transaction" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +27766963888 (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.
  • ssshabangu40@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 40@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: MRS SUSAN SHABANGU <ssshabangu40@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:04:52 +0200
Subject: FROM MRS :SUSAN SHABANGU


FROM MRS :SUSAN SHABANGUDept. Minister Safety & Security South Africa. TEL:=
+27-76-696-3888E-mail: ssshabangu40@gmail.com [mailto:ssshabangu40@gmail.c=
om]
Dear Sir/madam First, let me start by introducing myself as MRS SUSAN SHABA=
NGU, a mother of three children and the Deputy Minister of Safety and Secur=
ity since 29th April 1996 to date under the auspices of the President of So=
uth Africa MR THABO MBEKI. After due deliberation with my children, I decid=
ed to contact you for your assistance in standing as a beneficiary to the s=
um of US$30.5M ( Thirty Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollar=
s Only) You can view my profile at my website www.gov.za click on, Contact =
Information, then click on Deputy Minister, and click on Safety and Securit=
y finally, click on my name susan shabangu and read about me. THE PROPOSAL,=
After the swearing in ceremony making me the Deputy Minister of Safety and=
Security, my husband Mr. Ndelebe Susan Shabangu died while he was on an of=
ficial trip to Trinidad and Tobago in 1996.=20
After his death, I discovered that he had some funds in a dollar account wh=
ich amounted to the sum of US$30.5M with a security and finance institution=
in South Africa of which I will divulge information to you when I get your=
full consent and support to go for a change of beneficiary and subsequent =
transfer of the funds into you a comfortable and conducive account of your =
choice. This fund emanated as a result of an over-invoiced contract which h=
e executed with the Government of South Africa. Though I assisted him in ge=
tting this contract but I never knew that it was over-invoiced by him. I am=
afraid that the government of South Africa might start to investigate on c=
ontracts awarded from 1990 to date. If they discover this money in his bank=
account, they will confiscate it and seize his assets here in South Africa=
and this will definitely affect my political career in government.I want y=
our assistance in opening an account with bankers through my banker so that=
this fund could be wired into your account directly without any hitch. As =
soon as the fund gets to your account, you are expected to move it immediat=
ely into another personal bank account in your country. I will see to it th=
at the account is not traced from South Africa. As soon as you have confirm=
ed the fund into your account, I will send my eldest son with my Attorney t=
o come to your country to discuss on business investments. For your assista=
nce, I am offering you 20% of the principal sum which amounts to US$6,100.0=
00.00 (Six million One Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) However=
, you have to assure me and also be ready to go into agreement with me that=
you will not elope with my fund. If you agree to my terms, kindly as a mat=
ter of urgency send me an email. Due to my sensitive position in the South =
African Government, PLEASE DO NOT CALL ON THE OFFICE LINE, BECAUSE OF THE S=
ENSITIVITY OF THIS TRANSACTION EXCEPT OF THE ABOVE DIRECT LINE. I prefer yo=
u send me email than call. All correspondence must be by email to my privat=
e email address, { [http://mixmail.ya.com/app/message?l=3Des&amp;o=3D8&amp;=
url=3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fmixmail%2Eya%2Ecom%2Fapp%2Fmessage%3Fl%3Des%26amp%3Bo%3D=
8%26amp%3Burl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fus%252Ef635%252Email%252Eyahoo%252Ecom%2=
52Fym%252FCompose%253FTo%253D%257Bshabangumsq4%2540yahoo%252Ecom]ssshabangu=
40@gmail.com [mailto:{ssshabangu40@gmail.com]} If you want to speak with my=
Banker, that is fine and okay by me. You will have to send down you privat=
e telephone /fax number so that i can forward it to him to reach you from t=
ime to time this is for security reasons. Please I do not need to remind yo=
u of the need for absolute Confidentiality of this transaction must succeed=
. If you do not feel comfortable with this transaction, do not hesitate to =
discontinue. Thanks for your anticipated co-operation and my regards to you=
r family. FROM MRS :SUSAN SHABANGUDept. Minister Safety & Security South Af=
rica. TEL:+27-76-696-3888


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