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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)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • ",000,000" (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)
• 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.
  • +27786280866 (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.
  • chineyeanthony@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: chineye anthony <chineyeanthony003@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:43:54 +0200
Subject: FROM: MR. CHINEYE ANTHONY


FROM: MR. CHINEYE ANTHONY
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA
EMAIL:chineyeanthony@yahoo.com
PHONE:+27-786-280-866

URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE

Good day! My name is Mr. CHINEYE ANTHONY, the Chief Auditor of First National Bank of South Africa (FNB) there is an account opened in this bank in 1980 and since 1990 nobody has operated on this account again. After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that if ii do not remit this money out urgently it would be forfeited.

The owner of this account is Mr. Andreas B. Smith, a foreigner and a Miner at Kruger Gold Company. A geologist by profession died in 1990. No one knows about this account or anything concerning it the account has no other beneficiary, and the investigation proves to me as well that his company does not know anything about and the amount in the account at the moment is US$18,000,000.00(Eighteen Million United Sates Dollars). As the money is in United States dollars I need a foreign partner / account to transfer the money overseas thus I am contacting you. Please kindly indicate and if so contact me on the above phone number \s to enable me inform you on next step to take.

I need your full co-operation to make this transaction work because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information on this account, which I will give you if you indicate your interest. I hope you can be able to handle such amount in strict confidence because this opportunity will never come again in my life. I need truthful person in this business relationship because I don’t want to make any mistake. I need your strong assurance and confidentiality. With my position now in the office I can transfer this money to any reliable foreign account, with assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing. All documents regarding this transaction will be destroyed once I receive confirmation of the money in your account thus leaving no trace to anything.

At the conclusion of this business you will be given 25% ( US$4,500,000.00) of the total amount, 70% (US$12,600,000.00) will be for me, while 5% ( US$900,000.00) will be for expenses that we might incur during the course of this transaction. Please note that this is our great opportunity to be rich with millions of United States Dollar this year we don’t have to lose it because opportunity comes only but once.

Finally, please if you are interested in this transaction, all I want you to do is to send me your Private Mobile Phone and Fax Number for easy communication including your Personal Bank Account Details, where this money will be transferred (Your Bank Name, Bank Address, Account Number, Account Holder’s Name, Bank Branch, Identity Number and Physical Address).

Please kindly call I on the above private phone number before sending a fax message for security reasons. I’m looking forward to receiving your immediate reply by phone or fax as soon as you receive this letter.

Thanks and may the Almighty God bless you and your family.

MR.CHINEYE ANTHONY
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