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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.
• 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.
  • +27782595150 (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.
  • jacobmakani@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: jacobmakani@netscape.net
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 09:03:04 +0200
Subject: REF: www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list

Mr.Jacob Makani
NEDBANK, South Africa
Tel 0027 78 259 5150

My name is Jacob Makani Auditor og NEDBANK 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 this website http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list
Since the demise of this customer, I personally have 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 National Treasury as
unclaimed fund after this period.
In view of this I got your contact after due enquiries when i was making a
research on a foreigner i will use in this great opportunity. For your assistance
I am willing to give you 20% of the total amount. Upon the receipt of your
response, I will send you by fax or e-mail the letter of application which you
will type sign and send back to the Payment Verification Committee to enable us start this processing of this claim in your name.
I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is free of risk 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 ten banking days of
recieving your response, after you apply as a relation to the
deceased.
When you receive this mail. Kindly reply to my private email address below
jacobmakani@fastmail1.net or you can call my private number +27 78 259 5150.
Please include your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication on my
personal email address:
Yours Sincerely,
Jacob Makani
NEDBANK South Africa
jacobmakani@netscape.net
Tel: 0027 78 259 5150

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