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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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• 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.
  • +27732148434 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "ben zolen" <benzolen26@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:01:40 +0200
Subject: STRICTY CONFINDENCIAL

40 Green Ridge Plaza
Primerose Terrace 2167.
Johannesburg S.Africa .
Tel: + 27 73 214 8434

Dear Sir,
Upon special auditing panel set-up by the Boards of directors of my bank
FIRST NATIONAL BANK LTD FNB (JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA) to investigate all
credit account operated by it costumers, that has been in operation for the
last five (4) years. I discover a credit account with A/C N0:
NL85ABNA6008341843 floating with a huge funds amounting to (17,467,000.00 US
DOLLARS).

On further trace I came across the file and found out that the true owner of
this funds isan influencial business man Dhirubhai Ambani, from India.died
in 2002.

I have been monitoring this account ever since I discovered this information
and found out that no body has ever came on behalf of the Late Dhirubhai
Ambani as next of kin for this fund.
I am contacting you as a reliable partner to execute this transaction with
me. Upon your acceptance, I will provide you with his account file
information’s and documents of deposit of the account and a text of
application you will submit to the bank and I will then instruct you on how
to claim as the next of kin to the late Dhirubhai Ambani, so that the funds
could be transfer to your overseas A/C, without any question arising from
the bank.

And for your information, the transfer payment to apply for as the next of
kin should be (17,467,000.00 US DOLLARS).

As soon as you confirm your interest and co-operation with me, I will give
you guidelines on how you can transact with the bank for the approval of the
funds to your A/C.
For more details reply to my personal mailbox.

Forward me your private telephone and fax numbers .

Yours sincerely,
Mr.A.Khumalo

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