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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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 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.
  • +27737394885 (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.
  • johnsongoza33@yahoo.ca

Fraud email example:

From: "kabongo john" <umthingoza@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 08:47:47 -0500
Subject: FAMILY HELP

FROM. MRS. MAGARETH U. GOZA KABONGO
TYGERBERG, FLAT 1803
PRIMROSE AND CNR, TUDHOPE, BEREA
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA


ATTN: CEO


FAMILY HELP

With due respect, trust and humility, I write you this proposal, which I
believe, would be of great interest to you. I found your contact while I was
doing a private research on the Internet for a reliable and capable foreign
partner that will assist me and my family.

I am MRS.MAGARETH GOZA KABONGO the wife of MR.KENNETH J GOZA KABONGO (late)
of Zimbabwe.During the current war against farmers in Zimbabwe and from the
support of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white owned farms in
our country, all the white farmers were ordered to surrender their farms to
his party members and his followers. My husband who was one of the best
farmers in our country and treasury of the farmer’s co-operation did not
support his idea and so the party members invaded my husband’s farms and
burnt everything in the farm, killed my husband and made away with a lot of
items in my husband’s farm.

After the death of my husband, my children and I decided to move out of
Zimbabwe because of our lives were in danger with the money that my husband
kept in his hidden safe in my house.The money was moved through Diplomatic
bags. The amount contained in the safe in my house is US$12.5(Twelve
million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) and we decided to code the money
and move to the Republic of South Africa where we deposited the money in a
Security Company as a valuable item.
So I decided to make contact with an overseas firm whom will assist me to
move this money out of South Africa, because we are asylum seekers here in
South Africa.

So if you consider this proposal, we have agreed to give you 20% of the
total sum for helping us to move this money out of south Africa and 5% will
be mapped out for expenses both of us may incur during this transaction and
75% will be for me and my family to invest in your country. All I want is
for you to furnish me your details and your personal phone and fax
numbers and your email address for easy communication and more information.

You can contact my son JOHNSON GOZA KABONGO
Cell phone: +27-73-73-94-885
Email johnsongoza33@yahoo.ca

Please, note that this transaction is risk free and all the document have
been put in place for the smooth transafer of this fund. My son will be able
to tell you the best way this transaction will be concluded.


Best Regards
MRS. MAGARETH GOZA KABONGO
(For The Family)

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