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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:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • ",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)
  • "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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "foreign exchange" (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 next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • +27834263362 (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.
  • richardlaubsher1@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "RICHARD LAUBSHER" <richardlaubsher8@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:45:54 +0200
Subject: MUTUAL BENEFIT FROM NEDBANK OF SOUTH AFRICA


* MR. RICHARD LAUBSHER*

* **251 KENT AVE***

* CNR KENT AND REPUBLIC*

* RANDBUG*

* **P.O.BOX** 646***

* RANDBURG*
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA

TEL: +27-83-42-633-62





ATT: PRESIDENT/CEO



*PRIVATE AND
CONFIDENTIAL*



I am Mr. RICHARD LAUBSHER the chief executive of *NED BANK, *my partner and
me has decided to contact you because *t*here is an account opened in this
bank in *1999 *and since 2001 and nobody has operated on this account again.
After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that if I do
not remit this money out urgently it would be forfeited for nothing. The
owner of this account is *Mr Smith* *B. Andrew, *a foreigner, and a miner at
*a Gold Company*, a geologist by profession and died since 2000. No other
person knows this account or anything concerning it, the account has no
beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that the company does
not know anything about this account and the money in this account is USD
45,000,000.00* (forty Five Million* *United States** Dollars)*.



I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be
approved to a local bank here but can only be approved to any foreign
account because the money is in United State Dollars and the former owner
Mr. Smith B. Andrew a foreigner too. I know that this message will come to
you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves before, but be sure that it is
real and genuine business. I only got your contact from internal affairs
department with believe in God that you will never let me down in this
business, considering my position as a public servant. You are the only
person that I have contacted in this business, so please reply me urgently
so that I will inform you on the next step to take immediately. Send also
your private telephone and fax number including the full details of your
account to be used for the deposit. I want us to meet face to face to sign a
binding agreement to bind us together. And I will fly to your country for
withdrawal and sharing and other investment.



Meanwhile, I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner
with a foreign account and foreign beneficiary. I need your full
co-operation to make this work fine because the management is ready to
approve this payment to any foreigner who has the correct information of
this account, which I will give you as soon as you indicate your sincerity
to co-operate with me, and capability to handle such amount in strict
confidence and trust according to my instruction and Advice for our mutual
benefit because this opportunity may never come again in my life. I need
your strong assurance and trust that you will not let me down and With my
position in the office I don't want anything that will Jeopardize my job so
I advice that we should make secrecy and confidentiality our primary working
condition, bearing in mind that I am a public servant I will also use my
position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this
of this money into your account with appropriate clearance form of the
ministries and foreign exchange department. At the Conclusion of this
business, you will be given *20%* of the total amount, *80%* will be for my
partner and me , I look forward to your earliest reply.



Yours Sincerely,

MR.RICHARD LAUBSHER

Richardlaubsher1@gmail.com

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