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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:
  • "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • kenmatete5@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ken matete <ken_matete2@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 10:37:40 +0200
Subject: Absa Bank Of South Africa



From: Mr.Ken Matete
Amalgamated Bank of South Africa(ABSA)
Email:kenmatete5@hotmail.com
Dear Sir,

I know that this e-mail will come to you as a surprise since we don’t know each other before now. But for purpose of introduction, I am Mr.Ken Matete the Manager of a branch of Amalgamated Bank of South Africa (ABSA)

There is an account opened in this bank in 1989 and since 1998 nobody has operated on this account. Again after going through some files in the records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it would be forfeited for nothing.The owner of this account was Mr. Jonas. B. Andreas, a foreigner and a miner at Kruger Gold Co Pty Ltd South Africa He was a geologist by profession and he died since 1998. No other person knows about this account or any thing about it. The account has no other beneficiary/next of kin and my investigation proved to me as much. The amount involved is Twelve Million United States Dollar (US$12million).

I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved for transfer to a local bank here, but can only be approved for transfer to any foreign account because the money is in US Dollar and the former owner of the account Mr. Jonas B. Andreas was a foreigner too. I want seal this business with you. Your role will be to provide an off-shore account where this money will be transfer and to act as the next of kin to the former owner of this account.

I want us to meet face to face or sign a binding agreement to bind us together so that you can receive this money into a foreign account or any account of your choice where the fund will be safe. And I will fly to your country for withdrawal and sharing and other investments. I am involving in this transaction because of the above reasons. I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner, who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you later.

Please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take immediately. Send also your private telephone and fax number including the full detail of the account to be used for the transfer.

I am waiting for your prompt reply.

Best regarsd,

Mr.Ken Matete.

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