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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 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:
  • "huge amount of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money)
• 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.
  • egwu19@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Richard Egwu" <egwu18@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 08:47:02 +0000
Subject: ATTN: MANAGING DIRECTOR|C.E.O

LT.COL Richard Egwu

JOHANNESBURG, R.S.A.

Email: egwu19@hotmail.com
Tellphone: +27834368749

ATTN: MANAGING DIRECTOR|C.E.O

Sir|madam

I know you will be surprise to read from me, more so when

it came from a stranger. But please consider this letter as

a request from somebody in dare of assistance.

Firstly, I must introduce myself, I am lt. Col. Richard Egwu the

former personal security to the late president

Laurent Kabila of the democratic republic of Congo (DRC)

formerly Zaire. I am presently in the republic of South

Africa as an asylum seeker.

I got your contact address from a business directory in

Johannesburg chamber of commerce and industry and after

going through your profile,I decided to solicit for your

assistance to transfer the sum of US$ 25million (Twenty-five

Million United States Dollars) into your company or

personal account for investment purposes outside Africa.

Before his death, late president kabila was aware that

rebels will not leave any stone unturned in their attempt

to remove him from government hence he started looting the

countrys treasure.

In May 2000, he directed me to oversee the movement of a

certain box marked diplomatic documents into Zimbabwe but

I decided to divert the box into the republic of South

Africa where I found out that the box was actually

containing the sum of US$ 25 million (Twenty-five million

united states dollars). I therefore deposited the box

containing the fund into a security and finance company here in

Johannesburg. I have been in hiding since then but with the

recent death of president Kabila I therefore decided to

transfer this money out of Africa for investment.

>From the above, you will understand that my life and that

of my children depends on the fund as such, I will be

grateful if you can assist me. I am now living in the

republic of South Africa, as a political asylum seeker with

my family and the financial rules and regulations of South

Africa do not permit me financial right to such huge amount

of money.

In view of this, I cannot invest this fund in South Africa,

hence I am prepared to offer you 20% of the total sum for

your assistance, while 10% will be set aside for unforeseen

expenses and 70% will be for me and my family's investment

in your country with your assistance.

Please call me on the above telephone or email

me to signify your interest in this transaction.

Thanks and God bless you for your anticipated co-operation.

Lt.Col . Richard Egwu

Dr. Richard Egwu

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