419 scam: Thabo G Thabo <gmthabo11@hotmail.com> Business Proposal.

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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:
- "million pounds" (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 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.
- gmthabo.bank.sa@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Thabo G Thabo <gmthabo11@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <gmthabo.bank.sa@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2013 22:56:36 +0200
Subject: Business Proposal.

Dear Sir, Business Proposal. Kindly read this mail I am sending to you regarding investment in your country, To start with I am in a position of sum money (FUND) that I have to (move) Transfer out of my country for investment This is my reason of contacted you for the investment of it I will be very glad if you do assist me to relocate the sum into your personal bank account, this will be for the benefit of both of us. I want to transfer â‚¤15,000,000.00 (Fifteen- Million Pounds Sterling) from my Bank here in South Africa to your country, so that you will help me receive it and start up an investment that will be profitable for us, I have been look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable to Provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank account Immediate to receive this fund into the account, as long as you will remain honest to me till the end of this transaction. This is a genuine and legitimate transaction only I cannot operate it alone without using a Foreigner as required in my banking law; therefore, I am contacting you to help me stand before my bank as the beneficiary next of kin to claim this fund into your bank account, The transfer is risk free on both sides hence you are going to follow my instruction till the fund transfer to your account. I discovered this fund during the course of our auditing, I find out an account opened in the Bank in 1998 and since 2002 it has not been ran on this account again, hence the money is floating and if not remitted, then it will be forfeited. The owner of this account is a foreigner an industrialist, who died since 2002 and no other person knows about this account or any beneficiary is stated on the document filed.Your urgent response is needed, so that I will inform you on the next step for the release of the funds. Send your contact details. gmthabo.bank.sa@gmail.com Full Name:Address:Phone Number:Age:Occupation:CountryYour full co-operation is needed to make transaction successful, the bank authority is willing to release the funds to any foreigner who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you, upon your positive response and once I am convinced that you are capable. With my influence in the bank, these funds can be transferred to any foreign account which I must be assured that it will be intact pending our physical contact. At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 50%, Your urgent response to this mail will be highly appreciated.I look forward to your earliest response gmthabo.bank.sa@gmail.comThanks G .M Thabo.

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