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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:
  • "into your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "million us 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 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.
  • peterbaba74@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "geda solaris" <solarisgeda17@yamal.info>
Reply-To: peterbaba74@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:02:53 +0200
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED


*Mr. PETER BABA.
AUDITOR GENERAL.
ABSA BANK LTD.
JOHANBNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
Re: to. **peterbaba74@hotmail.com* <peterbaba74@hotmail.com>
*
URGENT REPLY NEEDED


Attn:
I am Mr. PETER BABA, The Auditor General of AMALGAMETED BANK OF SOUTH
AFRICA.(ABSA)
I have decided to contact you through this medium based on a business
proposal which will be of mutual benefit to both of us. However, I got your
contact through a BUSINESS TRADE MANUAL in South African Chamber Of Commerce
in my search for a foreign business partner whom I will transfer this fund
in his personal or company's account.

During the annual bank auditing, we discovered an abandoned sum of US$
42,000 000:00 (FORTY TWO MILLION US DOLLARS ONLY) in an account that belong
to one of our foreign customers (Dr. Mohamed Galal) a citizen of Saudi
Arabia, who lost his life aboard Egypt Air Flight 990,which crashed into the
Atlantic Ocean on October 31,1999.
View this website;(**http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm*<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm>
* ) .Since we got the information about his death, we have been expecting
his next of kin to come over and claim his money, because we can not release
it unless some body apply for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased
as indicated in our banking guidelines.

Unfortunately, nobody has come forward to claim this money. It is based on
this, that some officials in my department and I have decided to establish a
cordial business relationship with you, hence my contacting You. If you
indicate interest in this transaction I will let you know they steps to take
for a smooth transaction for the approval of this fund from the Bank in your
favour.

The mode of sharing after the transfer of the money into your nominated bank
account will be as follows: 65% for me and my colleagues, 30% will be given
to you for your assistance and 5% will be mapped out to offset expenses
during the course of the transaction. in receipt of this mail, call me
immediately via the above phone or email and kindly send me your private
telephone and fax numbers for easy communication. Please treat this business
proposal STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.

Re: to peterbaba74@hotmail.com
**
Hoping to hear from you soon.

Best Regards,

Mr. PETER BABA.
*

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