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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million 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)
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • mrssusanshabangu2008@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3amrssusanshabangu2008@hotmail.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "Shabangu Susan" <susan4@nsk.biz>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 08:48:22 -1200
Subject: FROM: MRS SUSAN SHABANGU I NEED YOUR URGENT REPLY.


FROM: Mrs. SUSAN SHABANGU
Dept. Mins. Safety & Security
Private Bag X463, PRETORIA , 0001
Wachthuis, Thibault Arcade
Pretoria , South Africa.www.gov.za
My private E-mail Address:
mrssusanshabangu2008@hotmail.co.uk

Dear Friend,

First, let me start by introducing myself as MRS SUSAN SHABANGU, a mother of
three children and the Deputy Minister in Safety and Security since 29th
April 1996 to date under the auspices of the President of South Africa MR.
THABO MBEKI. After due deliberation with my children, I decided to contact
you for your assistance to stand as a beneficiary to the sum of
(US$19.5Million United States Dollars). My late husband deposited before his
death. You can view my profile at my website www.gov.za then click on
contact information, then also click at deputy ministries, then click on my
office (Safety and Security)

After my swearing inn ceremony as the Deputy Minister in Safety and
Security, I lose my husband Mr. Ndelebe Shabangu while he was traveling to
Trinidad and Tobago for an official trip. However, after his death, I
discovered that he had some fund in a dollar account amounted to the sum of
US$19.5 Million with a security and finance institution in Europe of which
the information will be divulge to you hence I get your full consent and
support for the change of beneficiary and subsequent transfer into your
comfortable choice. This fund was emanated as a result of over-invoiced
contract execution he executed with the Government of South Africa through
my assistance, although I never knew that it was over-inflated invoice. I am
afraid that the government of South Africa might start to investigate on
contracts awarded from 1990 to date and if they happen to discover this
money, they will definitely confiscate it and seize all his assets here in
South Africa
and this will definitely affect my political career in government.

I want your assistance in opening an account so that these funds 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. I will personally ensure that the
account will not be trace from South Africa here after the transfer. As soon
as you have confirmed the fund into your account, I will send my eldest son
Tony Shabangu with my lawyer to come to your country and discuss further.
For your assistance, I am offering you 30% of the principal sum. However,
you have to assure me that you will not elope with my funds after this
transaction. If you agree to my terms, kindly as a matter of urgency send an
email to my private E-mail address. mrssusanshabangu2008@hotmail.co.uk

Finally, due to my sensitive position in the Government of South African
here, I would not WANT YOU TO CALL ME ON PHONE or send a FAX to me as all
further correspondence will be between you and my lawyer. Although you will
be speaking with my lawyer, that is fine and okay by me.

Please, you're expected to furnish me with your full details. Name, address
and private telephone /fax number to enable the lawyer submit the
application in your favor for the immediate release of the fund/consignment
to you. Thanks for your anticipated co-operation and my regards to your
family. Please also take note of my personal E-mail
address:mrssusanshabangu2008@hotmail.co.uk<address%3Amrssusanshabangu2008@hotmail.co.uk>I
will be waiting for your urgent response to enable us commence.

Yours faithfully,
MRS . SUSAN SHABANGU
(FOR THE FAMILY)

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