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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Gary Mabuza" <gmabuza@telegraf.by>
Reply-To: gmabuza1@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:32:51 +0200
Subject: Mr.G.Mabuza. !!


Dear Friend,

I am auditing manager of one of the leading bank in South Africa in my
department we discovered an abandoned large sum of money (US$14.7M)
belonging to one of our Foreign Customer, since late 1997 nobody has
operated this account. The owner of this account is JESSE BENJAMIN; a
businessperson based South Africa, who involved in air crash along with his
wife. He was a contractor and he died since Sep 1998 in an air crash along
with his wife in Swissair flight 111 with other passengers on board.

You can confirm from this website http://ns1763.ca/lunenco/swissbaysw.html

I am seeking for your Co-operation to present you as the beneficiary to our
late Customer. No beneficiary, No other person knows about this account. The
Strategy is to use our influence as managers of the bank to approve the
funds to you. So if you are interested please reply with your full name,
Address, telephone and fax number for further clarification.

Regards,

Mr.G.Mabuza.

Anti-fraud resources:

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