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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:
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "offshore account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
  • "contract award committee" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • edwardsibanda1@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Edwards Sibanda <edwardsibanda53@msn.com>
Reply-To: <edwardsibanda@live.co.za>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:48:04 +0000
Subject: Good Offer!



Dr. Edward Sibanda
Department of Mining and Energy
Tel : 0027 83 505 0636
E mail: edwardsibanda1@hotmail.com

I am Dr. Edward Sibanda, A native of Cape Town, Director of Project and Contract Award Committee with South African 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 $27.m (Twenty Seven Million, United State Dollar) 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. Due to the fact that we are handicapped in the circumstance, as the South African civil service Code of Conduct does not allow us to operate an offshore account, Hence your importance in the whole transaction.

Should you be willing to assist us in the transaction? Your share of the sum will be 25% of the $27million, 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 edwardsibanda1@hotmail.com
I await your immediate response, Call me on oo27 83 505 0636.

Best Regards,



Dr. Edward Sibanda.

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