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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:

• 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.
  • +27738754720 (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.
  • brub10@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: Susan Shabangu <susan_shabangu212@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 13:21:36 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re:Urgent


Dear Amarjit,

Thanks for your mail, the most important thing is your trust on this transaction, if you wil please find here details of the banker who will help you and my son Tony to process the transfer. Tony my son will only be observing and ensure that all correspondence is through.
His details are:

Name: Bruce Brand
(Director Foreign Exchange Dept. Reserve Bank of South Africa)
E-mail: brub10@hotmail.com
Direct Line: +2773 875 4720
Fax: +2711 507 6579

Please contact him immediately especially today that is weekend for him to explain to you the process of transfering the fund. I am confident in him that he very much capable to do everything required for the transaction. Call him immediately you receive this mail.
Thanks,

Mrs. Susan Shabangu.

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