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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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • +27742447381 (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.
  • bonganiconstructioncompany@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: bonganiconstructioncompany@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:26:08 -0800
Subject: ATTENTION


Williams Smith.
13 MELVIL ROAD
SALTON, JOHANESSBURG.
SOUTH AFRICA.
TEL/FAX: +27 742447381.

Attn:

Dear Sir/Madam,

Let not this message come to you as a surprise.
First of all, my name is Williams Smith a Bank Manager
ofone of the branches of the Amalgamated Bank of South Africa ( ABSA).

I am prompted to send you this mail out of my dire need of your assistance in the Business that I am herein to introduce to you.As a manager of my Bank Branch, I discovered a non
resident account that has not been operated for more than 13years, this particular
account has in it USD$22.5m and belong to one Mr. Bruno Orwell a German who was
a gold miner and had a company (ORWELL GOLDLINE COMPANY). here in South Africa.
>From my findings, this Man Mr. Bruno Orwell is late I discovered that he died in car
crash in Cape Town 16years Ago During the Apartheid Era in South Africa.

Having gone through the old files, this man never made provision for the next of kin
when the account was opened at this aspect, I became conscious of Moving the money
out and I have Discussed with my Head office Manager regarding this, and he is very
much Game for us tomove the Fund out of South Africa for our use if I can find a
foreign Partner who we can use his name as the next of kin to late Mr. Bruno and get
the fund transferred to his account.

This is why it has become important for me to Solicit for your Connivance in make
this possible.And we have agreed that if you be of assistance, that
we will compensate you with 50% of the Total sum while we set aside 10% to redeem
any expenses that may be incurred by you or we in the Process of this transaction.
Please if this is acceptable to you, Kindly get backto me immediately so that we
can discuss the modalities of the transaction and note that this transaction is
100% risk free.

I expect to hear from you soon.
Thank you and God bless you.

Yours Faithfully,

Williams Smith (Absa)
Tel:27 742447381.
Email:bonganiconstructioncompany@yahoo.com

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