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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:
  • "please indicate your interest" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +27865371447 (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.
  • bernkasa@executivemail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Bernard Nkasana <bernardnkasana@yahoo.ca>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 15:05:12 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Urgent attention


Dear Sir / Madam,

My name is Bernard Nkasana, a solicitor at law. I am the Personal Attorney to late Engr. Gilbert M. Reain, who was working with a Mining company here in South Africa, and died on the 12th of October 2002 while on holiday along with wife Collette Reain and children in a bomb attack on the Island of Bali Indonesia, which killed 190 people. You can also see more information at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2325363.stm

Prior to his death, Engr. Gilbert M. Reain made a deposit valued at USD7.150.000.00 (Seven Million, One Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) with a Financial institution here in South Africa.

Since His death, none of his next-of-kin or relatives has come forward to lay claims to the deposit as the heir. Recently, the Financial Institution management contacted us on this issue requesting that we notify the next of kin to the deceased customer for claiming of the deposits but we are yet to provide any to lay claims to the funds.

Due to this incident, there is no living successor to his estate. Therefore I seek your permission to have you stand as the next of kin to the deceased as I will carefully arrange and present all documents required for the release of this sum of USD7.150.000.00 to you as the next of kin to late Engr. Gilbert M. Reain and shall stand as witness to your status.

All I required from you is your sincerity; honesty and co-operation to enable us see this transaction through to success. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangements that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Take note that upon conclusion of this transaction, you will be compensated with 35% of the total sum of USD7.150.000.00, while 60% will be for my colleagues and I, and 5% for any expenses incurred during the course of actualizing this transaction.

Please indicate your interest to work with me in actualizing this transaction by replying through my direct and private email: bernkasa@executivemail.co.za for more information.

Sincerely,
Bernard Nkasana.
Tel / Fax: +27865371447






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