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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "first national bank" (not involved with lotteries)
• 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.
  • +27733368806 (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.
  • michjizu@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mich jizu" <michjizu4@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:50:18 +0000
Subject: PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL.

FROM: Mr. Michael Jizu
THE CHIEF AUDITOR (F.N.B)
JHB R.S.A.
SOUTH AFRICA
TEL: + 27 733 368 806

Dear: Friend,

 

My name is Mr. Michael Jizu; I am the regional manager of the First National Bank of South Africa (F.N.B). I am 44 years of age married with 3 lovely kids. I got your information through the Internet and hope and wish that we can work together.

 

I have successfully and carefully packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us. As the regional manager of the First National Bank of South Africa (F.N.B).  It is my duty and responsibility to send in, a financial report to the head office of my bank here in jouhnisburg (SOUTH AFRICA) at the end of each fiscal year.

 

In the course of report and submission of the end of the year (2005) financial activities of my branch to the head office. I discovered that my branch in which I am the head and the manager made an outstanding profit of US$7, 700,000.00 (Seven Million seven hundred  thousand dollars only) which is unaccounted and undeclared and of which the head office is not and ill never be aware of. I have since and accordingly placed the funds (US$7, 700,000.00) in a suspense account without any beneficiary.

 

As the manager and an employee of the bank, I can not be directly involved and connected with the money, so this has informed my contacting you for us to work together so that you can assist in receiving this money into your bank account for us to share.

 

For your involvement and participation in the scheme, you shall receive 30% of the total money after conclusion. The transaction (scheme) is risk free and the money will be transferred to your designated account through bank-to-bank transfer via telegraphic wire transfer. All that you will require to do is to stand and make claim as the original and bonafide depositor of the funds with the bank (my branch) so that my head office will give approval for the transfer of the funds to your designated account.

 

Note that as the manager of this branch of the bank that all the requisite and necessary arrangements have been masterfully and expertly put in place to facilitate your successful claim of the money and the eventual transfer of the money.

 

I look forward to your earliest reply through my private email address:-

michjizu@yahoo.com.

 

Best regards,
Mr. Michael Jizu.

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