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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 us 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)
  • "confidentiality of this transaction" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • +27835309496 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
  • +27731646412 (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.
  • shaunmalamba12@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "rose nkosi" <martinson_rose@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 15:34:03 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY

Dear Partner VICTIM-FULLNAME

  Thank you very much for your mail and also your to share with me your past experience but I still want to let you know that all that glitters is not Gold.At the same time,I will also assure you that whatever you may have lost in the past,I beleive that God want to use this opportunity to pay you back because it is never a crime to assist someone who is in need of help.God will always bless you for your assistant.

  I believe it is no more news about the whole incident that has been happening in Zimbabwe in the recent years expecially the dictator leadership imposed by the President Robert Mugabe concerning the rich farmers in Zimbabwe.My husband was one of the victims that was killed during this period,you can still see more on this webpage below.

http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/africa/08/12/violence.zimbabwe/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/zimbabwe/article/0,2763,562148,00.html
Further more,I am currently here in South Africa as a political asylum (refugee) and with my condition and status here,I cannot be able to handle this transaction on my own because this consignment was deposited as family valuables worth 25million us dollars and the company do not know the real content,please keep the secrecy and confidentiality of this transaction.This company do keep the safety and security of family items like Diamond,Gold,Jewelry and other family items,so they do not know the content,you can still visit their website at www.starsecuritys.org for more information about the security company.I am doing all this things to show my sincerity,genuity over this transaction.But my assurance is that I will pay you whatever be your financial expenses on this transaction after the whole transaction from the 5% which we mapped out to defray the whole expenses,15% will still be your own share,while the balance of  80% will be for our investment purposes in your country which will still be under your supervision.

  I have consulted a legal practitioner here in South Africa who will assist us in legal matters,his name is Advocate Shaun Malamba (esq).phone +27731646412,email shaun@malambachamber.com or shaunmalamba12@yahoo.com or you can still visit his website at www.malambachamber.com for more information about this transaction.I will also want you to send me your private telephone number in your next email and you can easily contact my son who will be doing this transaction with you on his number +27-83-530 9496.

 

 I will be waiting for your reply after contacting the lawyer for his legal instructions.

 

 God bless you as you assist us.

 

 Rose Nkosi.

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