419 scam: "John Kune"<johnkune@yahoo.es> REF: CONFIDENTIAL (29.04.2013)

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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:
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
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.
- johnkune@mail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "John Kune" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johnkune@mail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 03:07:55 -0400
Subject: REF: CONFIDENTIAL (29.04.2013)

Dear Beneficiary,

I have been waiting to hear from you after my initial contact to you few weeks back;

My name is John Kune, an ordained minister of the Assembles of God Church; I am a branch manager of the Capitec Bank here in South Africa .

I had just discovered that your email address attached to this Batch Reference Number: WDIOC/0032/11UK, Ticket Number 027-83320184 with Serial Number 503 with a winning lucky number of 61-32-95-12-82-05-41 won you a lottery price of US$6.500, 000.00 (Six Million Five Hundred Thousand USD) during the last FIFA world cup draw held here in South Africa.

Unfortunately you are not aware of this fortune and someone has been responsible for using this money to trade on foreign stock exchange and making attractive gains for himself. I couldnt stand this any longer and that is why I am contacting you so that you will be aware. This is not new in the banking sector where you see senior staffs spun client money around on various opportunities to make profits. If you are familiar with the banking industry you will understand what I mean.

I dont know who you are for sure but for obvious reasons I feel being inhuman seeing that your fortune is being deprived from you and I am keeping silent over it hence my decision to reach you.

I want to assist you claim your wining prize of $6.5M and in order for me to do that, I would need to speak to you first and I must be sure you will handle this matter without making a case out of it because I feel what is important here is to get your money period. So please send me your full names and telephone number where I can reach you to discuss the way forward.

If you do not claim this money, it will be re-assigned to the state treasury and that means you will not get it again while someone has already used it to turn around millions for himself.

It takes only one contact to turn around this situation in your favour; you would need to send in urgently a claim application letter to our Bank which I will personally process and have this money release to you within seven (7) working days upon submission of application.

I want you to contact me urgently with your telephone number(s) so that I can give you a call.

Do not betray my trust and confidence in you; only respond to me if you need my assistance via" johnkune@mail.com"

Regards,

John Kune

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