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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • ramaphossa_cyril@verizonmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "cyril ramaphosa" <ranaphosa2@walla.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 04:14:17 -1200
Subject: GREETINGS MY DEAR FRIEND

ATTN:(HANDLE THIS INFORMATION SECRETLY)

Dear,

I hereby contact you personally concerning the situation in
my bank.I am Cyril Ramahosa, a Director (Audit)of (STANDARD
BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA) JOHANNESBURG BRANCH (SBSA).

I know that this message will come to you as a surprise
considering we don’t know ourselves before or have we met
with each other before.
I have the courage to look for a reliable and honest person
who will be capable for this important business believing
that you will never let me down either now or in future.

There is an account opened in my bank in 1985 and since 1992
nobody has operated on this account. After going through the
records and old files of the account I discovered that the
account has been dormant and if I do not remit this money
out urgently it will be forfeited and according to South
Africa banking laws and act of 1993,the money will be
reverted back to the government treasury after 15 years if
there is no valid and legal claimant. I need a foreign
partner that I will present as a relative to this late man.I
have mapped out strategies to transfer this money overseas
for proper investment that will benefit us.

The owner of this account is Mr. MARCUS KHAN, a foreigner,
and a Miner at Kruger Gold Co. a geologist by profession
here in Johanessburg and he died since 1992. No other person
knows about this account or any thing concerning the
account, the account has no beneficiary and my investigation
proved to me as well that his company does not know anything
about this account.
The amount involved is US$43,000,000 Fourty three million
dollars. In order to transfer out this us$43,000,000 Fourty
three million dollars I will need you as a foreigner that i
will present as the beneficiary because this money can not
be approved to a local acoount here, but can only be
approved for payment to any foreigners account that i wll
present to my bank as the beneficiarys account,because the
former owner of the account is Mr. MARCUS KHAN, who is a
foreigner too.

I pray to God that you will never let me down in this
business, you are the only person that I have contacted in
this business, so please reply urgently so that I will
inform you the next step to take urgently. I will want us to
sign a binding agreement to bind us together so that you can
receive this money into a foreign account or any account of
your choice where the fund will be safe.

I need your full co-operation to make this work fine
successfully. Because the management is ready to approve
this payment to any foreigner that i will present to them as
the beneficiary of the money.

I need a truthful person in this business because, I don't
want to make mistake and I need your strong assurance and
trust. With my position now in the office I can get approval
for release of this money to any foreigner's reliable
account, which you are going provide with assurance that
this money will be intact pending my physical arrival in
your country for sharing as will be agreed.

I will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we
receive this money leaving no trace to any place. I will use
my position and with the services of a very good banking
lawyer to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this
money to your account with appropriate clearance forms of
the ministries
and foreign exchange departments.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 50%of
the total amount, 50%will be for me and my family, I look
forward to your earliest reply through my email address.

Yours truly,
Cyril Ramaphosa.
STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA

NOTE: you can aswell write me through my alternative
email address:(ramaphossa_cyril@verizonmail.com)




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