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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:
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• 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.
  • +27761332658 (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.
  • damian_themba@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • dominic_thembafamily@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "damian themba" <damian_themba03@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: damian_themba@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 13:19:50 +0000
Subject: DIRECTOR

NAME=Mr.Damian Themba
PHONE=Tel: +27761332658
MY EMAIL=damian_themba@yahoo.co.uk
FAMILY EMAIL=dominic_thembafamily@yahoo.com

Dear Sir.

It is my humble pleasure to write this letter irrespective of the fact that
you do not know me personally. However, I came to know of you in my private
search for a reliable and trustworthy realtor that can handle a confidential
transaction of this nature in respect to my investment plans in a lucrative
business. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any
one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at
the end of the day.
Firstly, I must introduce myself, am Mr. Damian Themba, the only son of
Mr.Dominic Themba from Republic of Zimbabwe. My late father was formally the
Secretary-General and of the famous political movement in my country
Zimbabwe called Movement For Democratic Changes (MDC). As a political
leader, he has a great ambition to contest for higher political position and
due to the political and economic malpractices by the present government of
Robert Mugabe, My father and ten other top members of the party protested
against the ruling party and opposed their governance.
It was on the early morning of 24 June 2002 , my father and some other
members of their group was murdered in a cold blood by some militants royal
to president Mugabe, inorder to stop the opposition movement. But before the
death of my father, he deposited a consignment with worth US$8.5 Million(
Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) with a private
security and finance company here in South Africa. This fund was meant for
running of his next political post. As his only surviving son I flee to
South Africa where am presently to seek for political asylum, because there
is danger that I might be the next target. I am presently on political
asylum in South Africa.
I therefore appeal to you to assist me in securing and transferring of this
fund to your private or companies account over there for good investment
into a lucrative business, because I have no knowledge of investment before
and I will not like to invest here in South Africa because it shares the
same political ideologies with my country.
As soon as you accept my offer, I will offer you 25% of the total fund and
all the documents regarding the fund will be available to you.
Thanks and best Regards.
Yours Faithfully.
Mr. Damian Themba

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