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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +27839551212 (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.
  • john55kavin@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: john kevin <john55kavin@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 01:42:54 -0800 (PST)
Subject: PLEAD FOR ASSISTANCE


From:Mr.John KAVIN
Tel:+27-83-955-1212
E-mail:john55kavin@yahoo.com



ATTENTION:VICTIMNAME

I humbly solicit your support and assistance for a very important and confidential business/ venture. I will like to introduce myself to you before I will go into details regarding this transaction.

I am Mr.John KAVIN a Chartered Accountant by profession and the Auditor General of a Commercial Bank here in South Africa, I am successfully married
with three kids. I know you will be astonish on how we got your contact, we got your contact through Network Online and after due consideration and deliberation
we decided to contact you believing that you wil support and work in partnership with us for mutual benefit.

My colleagues and I want to redeem (transfer) the sum of Twenty Seven Million and some fractions of United States Dollars ($27M) from the commercial bank through the name of a foreign partner or company who will stand as the bona-fide beneficiary of the fund to an offshore account.

This fund is being held at the Johannesburg branch of the bank under GOOD
WILINVESTMENT in the name of Mr. Scot Hough Anderson as the trustee of the account.
The account has been declared dormant by the bank, since August 2002 and the fund will be confisticated if not claimed. This fund was discovered during our last general auditing of the bank accounts and holdings.

However, our investigation and inquiries in the transaction of GOODWILL INVESTMENT revealed that the company was registered in 1996 by Mr. Scot Hough Anderson, a citizen of Zimbabwe originally from United States. Mr. Anderson was among white farmers killed
during the early invasion on white owned farms by the Zimbabwean war veterans backed by President Robert Mugabe and the ZANU PF.

In spite of all, nobody has ever come for the claiming of the fund since 2001 up till date, so we decided to transfer the fund through a capable and reliable foreigner/company who stand as the beneficiary of the fund. For the successful completion of this transaction, we will secure all the necessary documents that will required in the cause of transferring the fund to your nominated account in your country or anywhere out of South Africa.

Secondly we will use our position and connection to obtain approvals for the transfer of the fund
overseas. As public servants, we need maximum assistances and co-operation to realize this
transaction speedily.

In the completion of this transaction, we have mapped out some reasonable/tangible percentage for your
assistance, but it will be made known to you as soon as you indicate your full interest to work with us in this transaction. Note that this transaction demands Truth, Trust, Prudence and Strict confidentiality, so that we don't loose our jobs or fall into conflicts/disputes.

Finally, get back to me immediately on behalf of my colleagues if you are capable of handling the transaction, but remember this transactions 100%
risk free hence the law of secrecy and confidentiality is obeyed/kept.

Waiting for your urgent response.


Best regards,

Mr.John Kavein
(For the colleagues)








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