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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:
  • "million 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)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • thomasbaloye62@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "thomas Baloye" <tombaloye21@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: thomasbaloye62@yahoo.it
Date: Sat, 05 May 2007 11:48:03 +0000
Subject: ***IN REGARDS TO YOUR FAMILY NAME***

Dear Sir,

With warm hearts I offer my friendship and my greetings, and I hope this
letter meets you in good time. However, I am sincerely seeking your
confidence in this transaction, which I propose with my free mind and as a
person of integrity.

I got your contact as a result of my discreet search for an associate who
can help Me. I know this letter must come to you as a surprise, more so that
we have not met before.
My name is Mr. Thomas Baloye a South African citizen and a Manager with a
private finance and investment firm based in South Africa. Our primary aim
is to secure our clients funds and to ensure that it is wisely invested in
safe and non speculative projects that would yield maximum returns and less
tax.

In all instances, Most of our client may request some confidentiality
especially if they are serving or retired public servants as is the case
with this client of ours who happened to share the same family name with
you, died in Indonesia as a result of the Tsunami disaster while on a
business trip. Our client died without any WILL and till date nobody has
been able to locate any of his relatives despite several inquiries. The
deceased had an asset account valued at Twenty million, five hundred
thousand (USD$20.5m) United States Dollars.

Unfortunately this man has no WILL as to his inheritance in Johannesburg,
South Africa.
The Company has made every effort to trace his relatives over the Internet
and locate any member of his family but to no avail.
The company has issued a notice of claim for the Next of Kin to come forward
or the deposit would be reverted to the government. Since the Companys
effort to locate any of his relative has been unsuccessful, thus seek your
consent to present you as the NEXT OF KIN, SINCE YOU HAVE THE SAME FAMILY
NAME WITH THE DECEASE, this proceeds valued at USD$20.5 Million Dollars will
be paid to you and 10% will be donated to the orphanage, instead of
forfeiting it to the government.
You will be entitle to 20%, 5% will be to off set every expenditure that we
might incure as a result of this transaction while the remaining 65% will be
for me for investment purposes under your trustee.
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS ABSOLUTLY RISK FREE, as all
legal and necessary documents to back up your claims as the Next of Kin will
be procured on your behalf through the Probate office here in South Africa.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that
will protect you and my self who is the architect of the transaction.

Visit the websit below for more information about the Tsunami disaster
www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/29/asia.quake/index.html

I await your urgent response and please address to:-
thomasbaloye62@yahoo.it so that we can contact the company immediately to
put a stop to every action in declearing the fund Unclaimed.

Best regards,
Thomas Baloye
thomasbaloye62@yahoo.it

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