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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
• 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.
  • +27761518323 (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.
  • ssshabangu42@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MRS SUSAN SHABANGU <ssshabangu42@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:34:45 +0200
Subject: FROM MRS. SUSAN SHABANGU



FROM MRS. SUSAN SHABANGU=20
Deputy Minister of Safety & Security,=20
South Africa .=20
TEL: +27-7615-18323
E-mail: ssshabangu42@gmail.com [mailto:ssshabangu42@gmail.com]=20
=20
Dear Sir/madam=20

First, let me start by introducing myself as MRS SUSAN SHABANGU, a mother =
of three children and the Deputy Minister of Safety and Security since 29t=
h April 1996 to date under the auspices of the President of South Africa M=
R THABO MBEKI.=20
After due deliberation with my children, I decided to contact you for your=
assistance in standing as a beneficiary to the sum of US$30.5M (Thirty Mi=
llion, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars=20
Only) You can view my profile at my website www.gov.za [http://www.gov.za/=
] click on, Contac t Information, then click on Deputy Minister, and click=
on Safety and Security finally, click on my name Susan shabangu and read =
about me.=20

=20

THE PROPOSAL, after the swearing in ceremony making me the Deputy Minister=
of Safety and Security, my husband Mr. Ndelebe Shabangu died while he was=
on an official trip to Trinidad and Tobago in 1996,=20

=20

After his death, I discovered that he had some funds in a dollar account w=
hich amounted to the sum of US$30.5M with a security and finance instituti=
on in South Africa of which I will divulge information to you when I get y=
our full consent and support to go for a change of beneficiary and subsequ=
ent transfer of the funds into you a comfortable and conducive account of =
your choice.

=20

This fund emanated as a result of an over-invoiced contract which he execu=
ted with the Government of South Africa. Though I assisted him in getting =
this contract but I never knew that it was over-invoiced by him. I am afra=
id that the government o f South Africa might start to investigate on cont=
racts awarded from 1990 to date. If they discover this money in his bank a=
ccount, they will confiscate it and seize his assets here in South Africa =
and this will definitely affect my political career in=20
government.=20


I want your assistance in opening an account with bankers through my banke=
r so that this fund could be wired into your account directly without any =
hitch. As soon as the fund gets to your account, you are expected to move =
it immediately into another personal bank account in your country.

=20

I will see to it that the account is not traced from South Africa . As soo=
n as you have confirmed the fund into your account, I will send my eldest =
son with my Attorney to come to your country to discuss on business invest=
ments. For your assistance, I am offering y ou 20% of the principal sum wh=
ich amounts to US$6,100.000.00 (Six million One Hundred Thousand United St=
ates Dollars Only)=20

=20

However, you have to assure me and also be ready to go into agreement with=
me that you will not elope with my fund. If you agree to my terms, kindly=
as a matter of urgency send me an email. Due to my sensitive position in =
the South African Government,=20

=20

PLEASE DO NOT CALL ON THE OFFICE LINE, BECAUSE OF THE SENSITIVITY OF THIS =
TRANSACTION EXCEPT OF THE ABOVE DIRECT LINE.=20

=20

I prefer you send me email than call. All correspondence must be by email =
to my=20
private email address, ( ssshabangu42@gmail.com [mailto:ssshabangu42@gmail=
.com] ) if you want to speak with my Banker that is fine and okay by me. Y=
ou will have to send down you private telephone /fax number so that i can =
forward it to him to reach you from time to time this is for security reas=
ons. Please I do not need to remind you of the need for absolute Confident=
iality of this transaction must succeed. If you do not feel comfortable wi=
th this transaction, do not hesitate to discontinue.=20


Thanks for your anticipated co-operation and my regards to your family.

Yours=20
faithfully,=20
MRS. SUSAN SHABANGU=20
Deputy Minister of Safety & Security,=20
South Africa .=20
TEL: +27-761518323=09


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