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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 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.
  • bonganigeorge@webmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Bongani George <bonganigeorge@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 02:21:38 +0200
Subject: Let's make this work.


Dear,
I am Bongani George, the accounts auditor of a prime bank, I request your co-operation in the transaction of a huge amount, on sept.1996 an oil consultant/contractor with the Kuwait oil Ministry, Mr Lee Tian Hee, a Singapore national made a fixed deposit in our bank On maturity we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply, after a month we sent a reminder and finally his partners wrote to inform us that Mr. Hee died in automobile accident, in our attempt to trace his next of kin through Singapore high commission proved fruitless.

During deposit, he did not declare his next of kin, in the conservative manner of our bank, the account was opened considering his high net worth.

Since the funds are in our dormant account, without any beneficiary, i am looking forward for a foreigner like you who will stand in as the next of kin to Mr. Hee.i have worked out modalities of achieving my aim by appointing you as the next of kin to Mr. Hee as well as transfer the money abroad for us to share.

As soon as i receive your email indicating your interest i shall give a details information and also the proof of the existence of the money in
my bank.

Yours Sincerely.

Bongani George

Reply Email: bonganigeorge@webmail.co.za

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