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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • maicuma_faso@yahoo.co.nz (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?maicuma=20faso?= <maicuma_faso@yahoo.co.nz>
Reply-To: christ_muha2006@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 06:30:54 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: reply urgent


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: maicuma_faso@yahoo.co.nz

Zulberg Closeoff

Ernest Oppenheimer

Road Bruma Lake,

Johannesburg,2196

South Africa.




DEAR SIR/MADAM,

( RE: TRANSFER OF ($125,000.000.00 USD)

ONE HUNDRED & TWENTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS

I want to transfer ($125,000.000.00 USD) One Hundred & Twenty five million United States Dollars from a Prime Bank here in South Africa to an oversea account. First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this ransaction. This is by virtue of it's nature as being utterly confidential. I am sure and have confidence of your ability and reliability to prosecute a transaction of this great magnitude.





I solicit your assistance to enable us transfer the said amount into your safe account for unward investment.You can either provide us with an existing account or to set up a new Bank account immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c can serve to receive this money, as long as you will remain honest to me till the end of this important business trusting in you and believing that you will never let me down either now or in future.


I am the personal account officer to the great late INDUSTRIALIST who has an account in one of the top banks here in South Africa. The account was opened in 1998 and he died in 2003 without a written or oral WILL and since 2003 nobody has operated on this account again hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.


The owner of this account is a foreigner and no other person knows about this account or anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and until his death he was the manager of the company.My investigation through the National immigration department proved to me as well that he was single as at the time of his entry into the Republic of South Africa. The amount in this account is USD$125 Million ( One Hundred & Twenty five Million United States Dollars ) only.


As a matter of fact, I have decided to transfer this fund abroad for investment. Your assistance as a foreigner is necessary because the management of the bank will welcome any foreigner who has correct information to this account which I will give to you immediately, if you are interested to do this business with me.There is no risk in this business. With my position and my personal contact with the manager of the bank, the money can be transferred to any account you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending our physical arrival in your country for sharing.

We will start the first transfer with Twenty five million [$25,000.000]. Upon successful transfer without any disappointment from your side, we shall re-apply for the payment of the remaining balance of $100 Million to your account. I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local person here, but can only be pproved to any foreigner who has the correct information of the account which



I will provide for you. So you should provide me with your correct account detail where you will like the fund to be transferred or you can set up a new account for the transfer even an empty account is ok. At the conclussion of the transfer you will take 35%,5% will be for any expenses both parties incurred in the process of this business and the remaining 60% will be for me. As soon as I hear from you and upon your strong assurance that you will not let me down once the fund goes into your account I will then start the processing of the transfer of the fund to your account without further delay.



Contact me urgently email for further details.

So You should send the a/c information as stated below.......together with your telephone nos. both Home, Office & Cell phone for easier & faster communication.

Bank Name......

Bank Address.....

Account Name.......

Account Number.......

Routing Number.........


PS: PLEASE REPLY ME URGENTLY WITH THIS

IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO HELP ME, PLEASE CAN YOU FIND ME ANOTHER PERSON TO HELP ME.


Thanks.

Yours Faithfully,

Dr.Christian Muha.



- maicuma faso

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