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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "first national bank" (not involved with lotteries)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million british pounds" (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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• 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.
  • watsondan001@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3bwatsondan001@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "watson dan" <service10017@torba.com>
Reply-To: watsondan001@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:36:29 -0700
Subject: BUSINESS INVITATION/PROPOSAL


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From Mr. Dan Watson.

Chief investment Consultant.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF

SOUTH AFRICA(FNB)

PERSONAL EMAIL;WATSONDAN001@GMAIL.COM <EMAIL%3BWATSONDAN001@GMAIL.COM>

0027-783-677-681

AttnSir/Madam,


Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal ethics
although. I am a senior investment consultant with the above bank in South
Africa.And I am poised to work this deal out if we can do business. Be so
kind to contact me at your earliest convenient for a possible business deal
involving money transfer of about £30,000,000 (Thirty Million British
Pounds). In one of our periodic auditing, I discorved a dormant accounts
with holding balance of £30,000,000 (Thirty Million British Pounds ) which
has not been operated for the past Five years. From my investigations and
confirmations, the owner of this account is one of the contractors of the
Mandela bridge that was constructed in 2003 and he died after the completion
of the contract since then nobody has shown up for the claims of the fund.

I want you as my partner in this transfer since i am working in the bank i
can not carry out this transaction without an outsider that is why you are
to make all dealings with an attorney while i guide you on what need to be
done.This fund will be shared between the two of us as soon as the money get
into your account.All expenses in the course of this transaction will be
taking care off immediately the fund is released.As partners we will share
all physical,moral,socio and economic matters that will arise.


As at this moment,I am constrained to issue you more details about this
business until your response is received. And I would love to furnish you
with a little bit of my biography as we progress with the business. As we
have not meet before. So send me your nominate account information as states
below where you like the money to be transfer so that I will write and apply
for application for the release of the fund immediately into your account.

You will have to contact an attorney in South Africa who will prepare all
legal backing concerning this fund.


Full
Name...................................................................................................................

Occupation.................................................................................................................

Age/sex
...................................................................................................................

Full
Address..................................................................................................................


State&Country..................................................................................................................


Your Tel/Fax Number....For easy
communication.............................................................


Copy of Your Passport/Drives
Liecense......................................................................


This is extremely urgent. Awaiting your positive feed back as soon as
possible.


Warmest regards,


Mr. Dan Watson.
Chief investment Consultant.
First National Bank
0027-783-677-681
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