419 scam: "Dr. Santie Botha" <dr.sbotha.absa27@btinternet.com> From Dr. Santie Botha, Can You Be Sincere !!!

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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:
- "hundred thousand united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "foreign remittance department" (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 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.
- dr.sbotha27.absa@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Santie Botha" <dr.sbotha.absa27@btinternet.com>
Reply-To: dr.sbotha27.absa@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 15:52:32 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: From Dr. Santie Botha, Can You Be Sincere !!!

>From Dr. Santie Botha, Can You Be Sincere !!!

Dear Good Friend,

My name is Dr. Santie Botha, I am the Manager Credit
and foreign Remittance Department Of Amalgamated
Bank of South Africa (ABSA)

There is an account opened with our
bank in 2006 and since then till now no body has ever come or operated on this
account again, I personally have interest to see anyone to come for this account
but no one, After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that
if I did not remit this money urgently out of South Africa into a foreign account it will be
confiscated to Government.

The owner of this account is Mr. Smith B.
Andreas, a foreigner and a miner at Kruger Gold Company, he died since 2007, no
other person knows about this account or anything concerning it, the account has
no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me very well that his
company dose not know anything about this account and the amount involved is
$8.5 Million (Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars)

I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot
be approved to a local bank here in South Africa, but can only be approved to
any foreign account because the money is in US Dollars and the former owner of
the account Mr. Smith B. Andreas is a foreigner.

I want us to meet face
to face and sign a binding agreement documents that will bind us together so
that you can receive this money into your foreign account of your choice where
the fund will be safe.

After the conclusion of this transfer, you will
be entitle to received 30% of the total amount for your assistance and help,
while 70% will for me and my partners investment in any lucrative business you
will introduce us into in your country.

For further details and clarifications, contact me directly to my
email box (dr.sbotha27.absa@gmail.com) so that I
will advise you with my telephone number for easy
communication.

I look forward for your earliest
responds.

Best Regards,

Dr. Santie Botha.

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