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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 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.
  • +27866633563 (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.
  • sjohnas@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: JOHNAS SHUAN <shuan_ss_01_johnas@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <sjohnas@excite.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:09:57 +0200
Subject: First National Bank



First National Bank 6th floor, 1 First Place Cnr Simmonds & Pritchard Street Johannesburg, Gauteng South Africa Tell/Fax #+27-866-633-563 Hello Dear, (RE: TRANSFER OF US$48 MILLION TO YOUR ACCOUNT.) My name is Mr.Johnas Shuan.I work as AUDITOR GENERAL IN First National Bank South Africa.
On my routine inspection I discovered a dormant domiciliary account with a Balance of (Forty eight million U.S dollars only}.The owner of the fund was a foreigner,a program leader who was believed to acquire the fund through his secret Crude Oil deal with the Former IRAQI government. It is only a foreigner who can claim this money with legal claims to the account holder which I will provide to you,So I want you stand in as his next of kin, now that our bank is still expecting the next of in or relatives ,if you are interested.
At the conclussion of this transaction, your share will be 25% of the total transfer sum, 70% for me and my partner while 5% will be set side for any expenses both parties might incure during the process of the transfer. The fund will be transferred to your account in two parts.I will first transfer USD 8 Million to your account as a test transfer.I will fly over to meet you after the successful transfer for sharing according to the agreed percentages. Let me know if you can handle it.
Best Regards,Mr.Johnas Shuan.E-mail:sjohnas@excite.com
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