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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:
  • "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)
  • "foreign exchange" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
  • "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• 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.
  • +27732866635 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
  • +27865575285 (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.
  • mandlasnkosi@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: msnkosi1@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 15:38:14 +0200
Subject: FROM MANDLA NKOSI OF STANDARD BANK 05-11-2008


[image: Standard Bank]

Email:
The
Standard Bank of
Email: mandlasnkosi@gmail.com
South
Africa Limited
Tel: +27-73-286-6635
Reg. No. 1962/000738/06
Fax:
+27-86-557-5285
Registered Bank

55 Simmonds Street

Johannesburg 2001

P O Box 614

Johannesburg 2001

www.standardbank.co.za

*PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
ATTN: DIRECTOR/CEO*

I am *MANDLA S. NKOSI,* the accountant of *STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH
AFRICA*There is an account open in this bank in 1999 and since 2001
nobody has
operated on this account again. After going through some old files in the
records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it
would be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is *Mr. Morris
Thompson,* a foreigner, Business Man and a miner at Kruger Gold Company, a
Geologist by profession and he died since 2000.No other person knows this
account or anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and
my investigation proved to me as well that this company does not know
anything about this account and the money involved is *One hundred and
Thirty Six Million United States Dollars (US$ 136 Million). *I want us to
first transfer *US$ 36 Million* from this money into your safe overseas
account before the rest. I am only contacting you as a foreigner because
this money cannot be approved to a local bank here, but can only be approved
to any foreign account because the money is in United States Dollars and the
former owner Mr. Morris Thompson is a foreigner too. I know that this
message will come to you as surprise as we don't know ourselves before. We
will sign an agreement, but be sure that it is real and a genuine business.
You can view the web site bellow for more information on our late client.

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/


I only got your contact information from Global Trade Agent under the South
African Chamber of Commerce and Industrial in Pretoria; with believe in God
that you will never let me down in this business, considering my position as
a public servant. You are the only person that I have contacted in this
business; so please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step
to take immediately. Send also your private telephone and fax numbers
including the full details of your account to be used for the deposit. I
want us to meet face-to-face and sign a binding agreement to bind us
together so that you can receive this money into your account where the fund
will be safe. And I will fly to your country for withdrawal and sharing and
other investment.

Meanwhile, I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner
with foreign account and foreign beneficiary. I need your full co-operation
to make this work fine because the management is ready to approve this
payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this account, which
I will give to you as soon as you indicate your sincerity to co-operate with
me, and capability to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust
according to my instruction and advice for our mutual benefit because this
opportunity may never come again in my life. I need a truthful and God
fearing person in this business because I don't want to make a mistake so I
need your strong assurance and trust. With my position in the office I don't
want anything that will jeopardize my job so I advice that we should make
secrecy and confidentiality our primary working condition, bearing in mind
that I am a public servant. I will also use my position and influence to
effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account
with appropriate clearance forms of the ministries and foreign exchange
department.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be giving *25%* of the total
amount, *70%* will be for me, while *5% *will be for expenses both parties
might have incurred the process of the transfer. I look forward to your
earliest reply.

Yours sincerely,

*MANDLA S.
NKOSI CONFIDENTIAL
*

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