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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:
  • "million 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)
  • "contract award committee" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • mkvision@mighty.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:10:14 -0700
Subject: FOR YOUR PERUSAL


*FROM MICHAEL NKUNA.
*

* *

*Sir/Madam *

* *

*I am sorry if this does not meet your personal ethics. *

*I am a member of the Contract Award Committee of the Mining and Energy
department that awards contracts to both foreign and local contractors in
the in **Southern Africa**.*

* *

*We awarded a contract of Eighty-three million United States
Dollar(US$83M).I and my colleagues
over-inflated the contract amount to the value of One hundred and ten
million United States Dollars(US$110M),mapping out Twenty-seven million
United States Dollars(US$27M).*

*
The contract have since been concluded and inspected, and the contractors
had been paid off, leaving this our over-invoiced waiting for claims. Now we
solicit for your assistance in transferring this (US$27M) in your private or
company's account in your country provided it could contain this figure. *

* *

*Note that we are in position of all relevant documents to this money. What
I need from you is as follows:-*

*A) Guarantee that you will not expose this transfer to anybody, because we
are still in office and hope to veer into politics so will dent our image in
society.*

*B) Your honesty that you will not sit on our money.*

*C) You have a good account that can accommodate this money.*

* *

*We have agreed to give to you 20% of the total amount for providing us with
your bank account. *

* *

*And 5% for expenses (i.e.): Faxes/Telephone calls and other miscellaneous
expenses that may be incurred locally and internationally on the course of
this transaction while 75% remains for our investment in your country under
your supervision.*

* *

**

* **Revert to me urgently if you are interested with your full names,
address, phone and fax numbers*

* *

*Sincerely.*

* *

* Mr.Micheal Nkuna,*

*Contact Email=**mkvision@mighty.co.za<http://us.f654.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=mkvision@mighty.co.za>
*

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