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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:
  • "to your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "hundred thousand united state 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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "transaction is risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • antonyvuyo@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ANTHONY VUYO <antonyvuyo79@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:42:50 +0200
Subject: =?windows-1256?Q?NEEDED_HELP=FE=FE=FE=FE=FE=FE=FE?=



ATTN:Sir/Madaml do foresee the surprise this letter will bring to you as it comes from a stranger. However be rest assured that it comes with best ofIntentions.However, I got your contact from the internet. But after dueconsideration of your country profile, i think you are credibile ofhandling this trust and my future career. Thus, my humble decision to solicit for your understanding andco-operation, as it will be beneficial to both of us involved.My name is ANTHONY VUYO the elder son of MR. FRANK VUYO of Zimbabwe.At this present war against the farmers in Zimbabwe with the support of our president ROBERT MUGABE to claim all the white farmers to his partymembers and his followers he ordered all the white owned farmers tosurrender to his party members and followers.My father is one of the best farmers in our country and because he did not support his ideas, his supporters invaded my father's farm and burnteverything in it, killing and made away with a lot of items in my fath!
er'sfarm.After the death of my father, l ,my mother and younger brothers decided to move to out of our country to South Africa because our life was still indanger, with the money my father kept in hidden safe in my mother's house.The total amount of the safe is US$16.5MILLION (SIXTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS).Presently, here in South Africa we have succeeded to deposit the containerwith the security company as a family treasures, without letting them knowactually what the content is all about, because of our refugee status here and the hard conditions we encounter which didn't warrant us to anyfinancial right to operate an account and many other terrible conditions.We decided to lay a contact with the overseas firm or person that can assist us to move this fund out of here for an investment in his country.As such we solicit for your assistant by way of coming to Johannesburg,South Africa to help and open an account with any of the commercial bank !
here for onward transfer of the fund to your nominated bank account.We
have agreed to give you 30% of the total sum of the nobleassistance,while the remaining will be for my family investment in yourcountry or any country you confidentiality of this transaction is risk free and at the same time maintain it confidentiality of this transaction.Please kindly reply to antonyvuyo@gmail.com for further clarifications.Yours Faithfully,ANTHONY VUYO
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