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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "a project that will be very beneficial to both of us" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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 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.
  • ken_ngubani@unionplus.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ken_ngubani@unionplus.net
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:51:45 -0800
Subject: LET VUS WORK TOGETHER FOIR OUR MTUAL BENEFIT

FROM: MR KENNETH NGUBANI
STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA
BANK HEADQURTERS 207 CARLTON AVENUE
SANDTON JHB, SOUTH AFRICA

Dear Friend,
RE: STRICTLY PRIVATE/CONFIDENTIAL.

I am Mr. Kenneth Ngubani the director in charge of auditing section Standard Bank South Africa Sandton Branch. As it may interest you to know, I got your impressive information through the information exchange in the Johannesburg chamber of commerce and industries here in Johannesburg South Africa. I have decided to contact you on a project that will be very beneficial to both of us. During our auditing in this bank, I came across some amount of money belonging to a deceased foreigner Mr. Hen Huang who is mining magnate here in South Africa who died with four of his employee on February 16, 1998 in a plane crash. The fund has been dormant in his account with this bank without any claim of the fund in our custody from his relation before my discovery of this
development. He was a very successful businessman but did not leave any information about his next of kin in his bio data form. This is the reason why no one has laid claim to the fund since 1998.

The said amount is US$$21,500, 000.00 (Twenty one million, five hundred thousand Us Dollars).pleaseviewthiswebsite:http://www.cnn.com/world/9802/16/taiwan.crash.update2/for your information been you not a Taiwanese will not pose any problem for the successful transfer of this fund into your account. The entire whole arrangement to put claim over this fund as the next of kin to the deceased has been put in place and directives will be relayed to you as soon as you indicate your interest and willingness to assist me and also benefit your self to this great business opportunity. In this country as a civil servant (a banker), we are not allowed to operate a foreign account. This is the actual reason why it will require a second party or fellow who will forward claims as the next of kin to the bank and also present a foreign account where he will need the money to be transferred into on his request. Our banking law stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after eight years, the money will be transferred
into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a South African cannot stand as next of kin. I don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill. Be assured this transaction is 100% risk free. On conclusion of this project, you will be entitled to 35% of the total sum as gratification, while 60% will be for me. The rest of the 5% will before any expenses that we may incur during this transaction.
Please you have been advised to keep this matter "top secret" I will fly down to your country for subsequent sharing of the fund according to percentages previously indicated and further investment will be discussed. On your acceptance to be my partner, please email for a brief discussion before we proceed. Please keep this proposal secret, even if you are not interested.
Looking forward to hearing from you. You can reply me through this email ken_ngubani@unionplus.net or you can call me on my direct telephone 27 73 498 5718 for further deliberations.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Kenneth Ngubani
Tel: 27 73 498 5718
Email:ken_ngubani@unionplus.net

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