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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:
  • "trunk boxes" (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 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.
  • +27730920343 (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.
  • chr_sithole5@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "christ sithole" <chr_sithole5@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: christsithole@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 09:15:25 +0000
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL (US$30.5M)

FROM: MR. CHRIST SITHOLE
PHONE: +27-73-0920-343
E-MAIL: chr_sithole5@hotmail.com



ATTENTION: SIR/MADAM,
BUSINESS PROPOSAL (US$30.5M)

After due deliberation with my family, I decided to contact you for your
assistance in standing as a beneficiary to the sum of US$30.5M (Thirty
Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) You can view the
information on these web sites below. I am Mr. CHRIST SITHOLE by name, the
elder son of MR.GEORGE SITHOLE from Zimbabwe.

This might be a surprise to you about where I got your contact address. I
got your address from the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry in
Johannesburg, South Africa. During the current war against the farmers in
Zimbabwe from the supports of my President Robert Mugabe to claim all the
white-owned farms to his party members and his followers, he ordered all
white farmers to surrender all farms to his party members and his followers.

Our wicked President, Robert Mugabe, murdered my father and I fled my
country because I have become his next target to eliminate. My father was a
fighter for Justice and a moving force in the MDC, a part wanting to end the
several years of brutal dictatorship government of President Robert Mugabe.
You will read more stories about President Mugabe's brutal acts by visiting
these web sites;
http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0418/zimbabwe.html</Redirect/www.rte.ie/news/2000/0418/zimbabwe.html>
my father was accused of Treason and also assisting the White farmers in
fighting the government. Few weeks after his arrest, he was reported dead.

The government claimed he died of heart attack and his body was never seen
for proper autopsy, they buried him in the government cemetery. My father's
associate Mr. Leonard Mark a White farmer from Britain assisted me in
fighting my father's death through the Court and media; the government saw
us as a big treat to them and decided to eliminate us. Mr. Olds was attacked
and murdered in his house, but fortunately, before they came looking for me,
I received the news and I had to flee through the border to South Africa to
save my life. My arrival here in South Africa still remains like a miracle
to me. Here, is my reasons for contacting you, I am having a huge Sum of
money in the total sum of US$30.5M (Thirty Million, Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars Only) presently lodge with the security company in
South Africa, My father kept this money in two trunk boxes in disguise as
family treasures and could not bank them, because of the situation in my
country.

The government seized my father’s business, farms and banks account before
his arrest and murder. He told me everything concerning the funds while he
was still in detention and I have made several arrangements concerning the
shipment of the boxes out of South Africa because we cannot invest it here.
I was on the process when I fled the country. I need your assistance in
securing the funds here in South Africa, so that I can arrange on how to
come over to your country to invest with this fund I am willing to offer you
30% of this $30.5Million for your assistance. Please, let me know if you can
assist me, so that I can give you more details on how we shall proceed.

As I wait for your urgent response, please treat this proposal as top
secret.

Regards,
Mr.CHRIST SITHOLE.
(For The Family)

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