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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • karongazungu@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "KARONGA ZUNGU" <karongazungu@walla.com>
Reply-To: karongazungu@myway.com
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 08:02:41 -0700
Subject: HELLO


Dear One,


My name is Master Karonga Zungu, the son of Mr.Ellies Karonga of
blessed memory from Zimbabwe, During the current crises against the
farmers in Zimbabwe from the supports of President Robert Mugabe to claim
all citizens both black/white farmers farms, who where not his party
members and his followers, he ordered all white/black farmers who were
not in his party to surrender all their farms to his party members and
his followers.

My father was one of the most successful multy farmers in our country
and because he did not support Mugabe`s ideas, Mugabes supporters
invaded his farm and burnt everything in the farm, killing him and made
away with a lot of farming items in my fathers farm.

Before his death, my father had deposited with banking firm in (Europe)
the sum of (USD $12 MILLION) for buying of new farming materials.But I
can't transfer it, to where i live becouse I'm an Asylum seeker,and
not allowed to operate bank accounts, i want to go into arrangement by
which i can live in your country and get my money back for benefitable
investments.

I have agreed to offer you 10% of the total sum for your assistance as
soon as the money gets into your account also 5% has been set aside for
all expences onece the money is cleard,any expences incured by you in
the act of claiming this funds and making the transfer to your account
will be deducted from the 5% before any other step is taken.

I want truth and honest to be our watch word in this transaction and
please treat this transaction with strictly confidential for the
successful out come of it.

All I want you to do is to furnish me with your personal full name as
in your passport/private phone and fax numbers and also your private
e-mail address if any for easy and urgent communication.

NOTE:REPLY EMAIL:karongazungu@myway.com

Best regards,.
Your brother in need.
Karonga zungu

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