419 scam: " GEORGE BASTMU KABILA"<bastmukabila2010@gmail.com> FROM: GEORGE BASTMU KABILA

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a orphan 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.
- +27785244159 (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.
- bastmukabila@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: " GEORGE BASTMU KABILA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bastmukabila@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 15:19:19 +0200
Subject: FROM: GEORGE BASTMU KABILA

FROM: GEORGE BASTMU KABILA
TEL: +27-78-5244159
Email: bastmukabila@gmail.com

Dear sir/ Madam

Kindly allow me the modesty of introducing myself. I am GEORGE BASTMU KABILA,the son of the former head of state/ president of Congo-Kinshasha (then called Zaire) Mr.
Laurent Desire Kabila.

I am contacting you in other to ask for your assistance on this confidential Business proposal with full financial benefit for both of us. Before I go into further details please be informed that I am writing without any other person(s) pre-knowledge of my contacting you on this transaction.

Therefore I will appreciate same attitude to be maintained all through.

I have the sum of US$13.5Million from a secret sale of Diamond by my father before he was assassinated by one of his body guard (Rashid) on January 16th 2001, which I will like you to receive on my behalf due to Security reasons, as my narration below will explain. But before I continue be well informed that your share in this transaction has been calculated as 30% of the total sum of US$13.5Million, and the rest for my family. My father as a real African traditionalist was a polygamist thereby having married to so many wives, and my mother being the second wife of my father, My step brother Joseph, who is currently the president of my country, is the son of the first wife and he does not have any knowledge about this deal.

Already president Joseph is using his power to colonize all the money and private property, which my late father left behind for the entire family. Now my mother and I are left with nothing in the inheritance of my late father's wealth. Our situation is seriously critical that we need your assistance to help us receive this money overseas for proper investment. Let me quickly assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free because the diamond sales are packaged from the unset in a pattern that shows no direct trace or linkage with us (Kabila family). At present the money is deposited and is secured with FOW SECURITY AND PROJECTS.and deposited under the name of my mother. all i need from you is your personal information like.

1. FULL NAME
2. YOUR PERSONAL ADDRESSES
3. YOUR TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER

as soon as i receive this information from you i will give it to our attorney who will take care of all the paper work before submitting to the bank for transfer, it also will enable him to draft a memorandum of understanding between you and us to avoid cheating or misunderstanding after the money get to your account.

I am waiting for your swift and favorable response, and in case you have any question(s), do not hesitate to contact me i am presently in SOUTH AFRICA at the moment,
you can call me on mother on +27-78-5244159 MRS RITA KABILA

Best Regards.
BASTMU KABILA.

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