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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 about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • +27767511712 (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.
  • fredrick_nkosi@unionplus.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: fredricknkosi@unionplus.net
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 02:22:15 +0200
Subject: Can you Assist?

From: The Manager, Credit and foreign Bills,
Absa Bank
Harfield,
Pretoria South Africa.

Direct Tel: +27 767 511 712.
Direct Fax: +27 11 507 5901.

Attention: Sir/Madam,

My name is Dr.Fredrick Nkosi the manager,Credit and Foreign bills of ABSA BANK SOUTH
AFRICA. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of our bank with account
number -908-14-255-114 whose name is Cho, Kwiyoung(Mr.), an American citizen who
died in a plane crash[Korean Air Flight 801] with the whole passengers onboard
on August 6,1997.And for your perusal you can view thisweb site
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list

Since the demise of this customer, I personally has watched with keen interest
to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim
his funds of US$15.5M (Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thoudsand United States
Dollars) which has been with our branch for a very long time. On this note, I
decided to seek for whom his name shall be
used as the Next of Kin as no one has come up as his next of kin. And the
banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than eight years,
because the money will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed fund after
this period.

In view of this I got your contact through a trade journal when i was making a
research on a foreigner i will use in this great opportunity. For your assistant
I am willing give you 20% of the total amount. Upon the receipt of your
response, I will send you by fax or e-mail the Bank Data Form which you will
type sign and send back to our bank to enable us start this processing of this
claim.I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free
and that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for the smooth and
easy transfer of this fund has been finalized, this transaction will be
completed within five banking days of recieving your response, after you apply
to the nk as the next of kin to the deceased.

When you receive this letter. Kindly send me an e-mail to this address, or to
fredrick_nkosi@unionplus.net or call me signifying your decision.

Please include your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication on my
personal email address:

Be well and God bless.


Yours Sincerely,
Dr.Fredrick Nkosi
Manager Credit and Foreign Bills
Absa Bank South Africa

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