419 scam: Lulu Gwagwa <lulugawaga@hotmail.com> I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REACH YOU!!

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "first national bank" (not involved with lotteries)
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)
- ",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)
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.
- +27736947093 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
- +27866169684 (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.
- lugwagwa@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Lulu Gwagwa <lulugawaga@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: lulugwa2013@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 12:54:52 +0700
Subject: I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REACH YOU!!

FIRST NATIONAL BANK SOUTH AFRICA (FNB)
MOBILE: +27-73-694-7093
FAX; +27-86-616-9684
Email: lugwagwa@gmail.com

I am Mr. LULU GWAGWA (FCAA), the chief accountant of FIRST NATIONAL
BANK SOUTH AFRICA (FNB).There is an account open in this bank in 1999
and since 2001 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.

The owner of this account is Mr. Andreas Schranner, A German
Businessman and a miner at Kruger Gold Company, a Geologist by
profession and he died since 2000.No other person knows this account
or anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my
investigation proved to me as well that this company does not know
anything about this account and the money involved is Forty Million
United States Dollars (USD$ 40,000,000.00).

I want us to first transfer USD$20 Million from this money into your
safe overseas account before the rest. 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 States Dollars and the former owner Mr. Andreas Schranner is
a foreigner too. You can view the web site bellow for more information
on our late client.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

This deposit was for 5 years so it has over matured hence I made
effort to contact my client but could not reach him. I was forced to
travel to Germany and I got the tragic news that, my client Mr.
Andreas Schranner, his wife Maria, their daughter Andrea Eich, his son
in law Christian, and their children Maximilian and Katharina, all
perished on the Monday, 31 July, 2000 plane crash in western German
city of Moenchengladbach. We cannot release the fund from his account
unless someone applies for claim as the next-of kin to the deceased as
Indicated in our banking guidelines. It may interest you to know that
I have secured from the probate an order of mandamus to locate any of
deceased beneficiaries.

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
correct information of this account, which I will give to 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 our lives. Please acknowledge receipt of this
message before we negotiate your percentages on your response for
conclusion of this project, if this proposal is acceptable to you, do
not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you. I wait
to hear from you soonest. Upon your acceptance of this proposal kindly
send me a text message or call me at MOBILE: +27-73-694-7093

Yours sincerely,
Mr. LULU GWAGWA (FCAA),
FIRST NATIONAL BANK SOUTH AFRICA (FNB)
MOBILE: +27-73-694-7093
FAX; +27-86-616-9684
Email: lugwagwa@gmail.com

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