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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)
  • "00,000.00" (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.
  • lazarebobby27@webmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Bobby Lazare" <lazarebobby78@tulsaemail.com>
Reply-To: lazarebobby@webmail.co.za
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:58:32 -0700
Subject: TRANSFER


*From Chief Accountant, *

*Amalgamated Bank of South Africa *

*Pretoria** Main Branch*

*230 Essellence Street** Sunny Side,*

*Pretoria** 0002 South Africa *

* *

*Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mr. Bobby Lazare, Chief Accountant of one of the leading Bank in South
Africa . I am writing to ask for your indulgence in re-profiling funds,
which we want to keep under your supervision, for sharing among our self.
The total amount involved is US$6,200,000.00 (Six Million, Two Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars) only.*

* *

*I am only contacting you as a foreigner, because this fund cannot be
approved to a local Bank here, as the funds are in US Dollars, belonging to
one Mr. Morris Thompson. An American nationality, a businessman based in
Johannesburg South Africa and London in UK . He died since 2000, in air
crash along his wife & Daughter on 31/01/2000. You can confirm from this
website http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/

No other person knows about this account or anything concerning it and the
account has no other beneficiary. The Strategy is to use our influence as
Chief Accountant/Directors of the bank to approve the funds to you, as the
next of kin to the depositor. *

* *

*This is very important because if no body put a claim for the money, the
Board members of this Bank will share and divert the money for their own
personal use as cases of other unclaimed accounts in this Bank has shown. I
am promising and assuring you that as soon as the money is approved and
transferred to your account, I will destroy all the documents in order to
leave no trace behind. If you are interested please get back to me by my
private mail lazarebobby27@webmail.co.za for more details. *

* *

*I wait for your urgent and positive response.

*

*Regards,

*

*Mr. Bobby Lazare*

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