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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:
  • "confidentiality of this transaction" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• 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.
  • +27737971555 (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.
  • robertkhumalo@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mr khumalo roberts <khumaloroberts6@msn.com>
Reply-To: <robertkhumalo@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 11:01:46 +0000
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME






Mr. ROBERT KHUMALO
Department of Minerals and Energy
Fax; +27737971555'
E mail: robertkhumalo@gmail.com


I am Mr. ROBERT KHUMALO Director of Project , South Africa Department of Minerals and Energy. I am making this contact with you based on the Committee need for an individual/company who is willing to assist us with a solution to a money transfer.

This amount $25.5m represents the balance of the total contract Value Executed on behalf of Department by a foreign contracting firm, which we the officials over-invoiced deliberately, of which the actual sum has been paid.

Should you be willing to assist us in the transaction? Your share of the sum will be 25% of the $25.5million, 70% for us and 5% for taxation and miscellaneous expenses.

To enable us commence, I will need your personal telephone/fax number. send your response to robertkhumalo@gmail.com I await your immediate response. Please do to the confidentiality of this transaction

I do not expect telephone call from you for now .You can better contact through email for now.

Best Regards,

Mr. Robert Khumalo.

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