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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:
  • "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "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)
• 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.
  • thulani1965@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "thulani48 Gazeta.pl" <thulani48@gazeta.pl>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 01:38:39 -0700
Subject: URGENT TRANSFER OF ( $30.5 MILLION US DOLLARS) INTO YOUR COUNTRY


*from Mr Thulani Gcabashe * *board of director standard bank of south
africa,*
*(chairman) Eskom Enterprises Swaziland*
*(vice chairman) Imperial Holdings Zimbabwe *
*contact with this my privat mail
(**thulani1965@yahoo.co.uk*<http://uk.mc282.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=thulani1965@yahoo.co.uk>
* )*
* *
*ATTN: Sir/Madam *
* *
*Compliments of day to you, obviously this message might come as a surprise
to you, but please consider it as a high priority issue, which will
definitely change our destiny in God's mighty name. I am Mr
Thulani Gcabashe, one of the Junior Directors of the Standard Bank of South
Africa . There is a Draft Account opened in this bank in 1992 by a
long-time client Mr. David Stevens, who was a foreigner and is one of the
richest farmers in Zimbabwe. Mr. David Stevens was among the first white
farmer killed in a tense standoff between landowners and squatters backed by
President Robert Mugabe's ruling party in Zimbabwe. *
* *
*Before he passed away in 2005 he has in our Bank the sum of us$30.5 Million
(Thirty Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). am aware of
every detail of his money because he is my personal friend. and am the
one who advice him to bank with our bank.we confirm his account detail
during our last meetings when the report was made to me by one of the
Auditors. As a matter of fact the amount in this account is currently
us$30.5 Million (Thirty Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)
waiting to be approved for immediate payment by the bank to any foreign
account holder with accurate details concerning this account, In other words
No withdrawal or deposit has been made since the last date of the deposit of
money into this account. *
* *
*I am contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved
for payment into any local account, but can only be approved to a foreign
account because it was insured and there is a clause in the depository
agreement by the B ank and Mr. David Stevens which states that on No
condition can any local withdrawals be made from this account unless the
money is transferred into an overseas foreign account, In effect withdrawals
can be made only when the money has transferred from the vaults of the bank
to a foreign bank account. *
*If you are willing and capable of handling such amount in strict confidence
and trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefits,
because this opportunity will never come my way again I will use my position
and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money
into your nominated overseas bank account with the appropriate clearance
certificate from the Ministries and F oreign Exchange departments. I will
physically be in your country for sharing as soon as you confirm the money
into your overseas bank account, but agreement will be signed by both
parties concerning the sharing modalities and investment projects to avoid
misunderstandings. if is possible i can even invest or to start an industry
thruogh you in your country, if you don"t mind you can even come down to
south africa for your own benefict and confidients.*
* *
*Finally, you should reply urgently furnishing me with your private
telephone and fax number.
Contact me through my privat email :(
thulani1965@yahoo.co.uk<http://uk.mc282.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=thulani1965@yahoo.co.uk>
)*
*when i confirm your willingness is when i will send to you my cell phone
number for security purpose.*
*Thanks and God Bless *

*Best Regards,
Mr Thulani Gcabashe,*
* (Director Standard Bank of South Africa )*

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