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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:
  • "for your efforts, i am prepared to offer you " (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money)
  • "huge amount of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • +27762472757 (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.
  • mich2004saro@yahoo.com.au
  • mich2004saro@yahoo.com.au

Fraud email example:

From: michael saro <mich2004saro@yahoo.com.au>
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 12:05:26 +1000 (EST)
Subject: PLEA FOR ASSISTANCE.



FROM:MR MICHAEL SARO.

Phone:+ 27 76 247 2757
e mail: mich2004saro@yahoo.com.au


ATTN:DIRECTOR/CEO,


My name is MR MICHAEL SARO, the elder son of Mr ANTHONY SARO of zimbabwe. It might be a surprise to you where I got your contact address, i got it from the South African Chamber Of Commerce.During the current crises against the farmers of Zimbabwe by the supporters of our President Robert Mugabe, he ordered all the white farmers to surrender their farms to his party members and their followers. My father was one of the best farmers in the country and knowing that he did not support the president’spolitical ideology, the president’s supporters invaded my father’s farm burnt down everything, shot him and as a result of the wounds sustained, he became sickand died after two days.

And after his death, My mother and I with two of my younger sisters decided to move out of Zimbabwe for the safety of our lives to South-Africa.Before he died,he wrote his (WILL),which reads" MY BELOVEED SON, I WISH TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SUM OF ( US$14.5 M }{ Fourteen Million Five hundred thousand United States Dollars Only }.WHICH I DEPOSITED IN A BOX WITH A SECURITY COMPANY IN JOHANNESBURG(SOUTH-AFRICA)AS PRECIOUS STONES AND FAMILY VALUEABLES.IN CASE OF MY ABSENCE ON EARTH CAUSEDBY DEATH ONLY. YOU SHOULD SOLICIT FOR A RELIABLE FOREIGN PARTNER TO ASSIST YOU TO TRANSAFER THIS MONEY OUT OF SOUTH-AFRICA FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE.I DEPOSITED THE MONEY IN YOUR NAME AND IT CAN BE CLIAMED BY YOU ALONE WITH THE DEPOSITED CODE. YOUR MOTHER HAS ALL THE DOCUMENTS. TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR MOTHER AND TWO SISTERS."

>From the above, you will understand that the lives and future of my family depends on this money as much, I will be very grateful if you can assits us.We are now living in South-Africa as POLITICAL ASYLUM SEEKERS and the financial law of SOUTH-AFRICA does not allow ASYLUM SEEKERS certain financial rights to such huge amount of money.In view of this,I cannot invest this money in South-Africa, hence I am asking you to assist me transfer this money out of South-Africa for investment pusposes. For your efforts, I am prepared to offer you 20% of the total fund, while 5% will be set aside for local and international expenses and 75% will be kept for my family and I.(ME). Finally modalities on how the transfer will be done will be conveyed to you once we establish trust and confidence between ourselves. Looking forward to your urgent reply through the above phone number or e mail:( mich2004saro@yahoo.com.au)


Yours truly,
MR MICHAEL SARO.
(FOR THE FAMILY)

NB:THESE ARE USEFUL LINKS THAT WILL HELP YOU TO SEE THE CURRENT LAND CRISES IN MY COUNTRY ZIMBABWE FOR NOW.JUST COPY THESE LINKS TO VIEW

http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/dec4.html

http://www.amren.com/006issue/006issue.html#cover

http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/06/24/zimbabwe.farmers/

http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/zimbabwe/index.php






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