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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:
  • "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.
  • +27838681661 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "cindy kimaro" <attn_003@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 14:59:02 +0000
Subject: FROM MRS CINDY,TO YOU PERSONALLY

>From Mrs. Cindy martins Kimaro,
TEL+27-83-868-1661:
N0 14 Pretorius Street
Johannessburg South Africa

Attn: Sir, Madam



URGENT FAMILY HELP NEEDED
With truth and sincerity I write you this letter hoping that you will be of
good assistance to my family. For the purpose of introduction, I am MRS.
Cindy Martins KIMARO, from the Democratic Republic of Congo {DRC} the wife
of the late MR. ALBERT KIMARO. My late husband MR ALBERT KIMARO was the
Managing Director of the Democratic Republic of Congo {DRC} Gold and Diamond
Mine industry during the reign of late President of Congo, Laurent Kabila
who was assassinated on 16 January 2001 and his son Joseph Kabila was named
head of state ten days later. And my late husband was killed by rebel groups
as the crisis accusing him of been a supporter of Laurent Kabila during
beginning of the civil war in my country.

I got this address through network on line, courtesy of South African
information exchange here in Johannesburg; hence I write to ask of your kind
favour and gesture. However, we are saddled with the problem of securing a
trust worthy individual with a confidential and certified foreign account to
perfectly transfer the sum of US$14.4 Million united states dollars , or a
trustworthy company. My late husband on my behalf in Johannesburg, South
Africa deposited this consignment (MONEY) before he was assassinated. But
due to the South African Government Policy prohibit an asylum seeker
[refugee} from operating Bank account or indulging in any business
transaction whatsoever, I and my family decided to seek for a foreign
partner be it a personal or company to assist us transfer this consignment
to abroad for investment purposes.

The ethnic conflicts had started over land issues but ended up as bloody
struggles for control of resources, as in the case of Ituri Province in the
northeast where leaders of armed groups have manipulated tensions between
the Hema and the Lendu peoples to serve their own political and economic
interests. According to an emographic study published in April 2003 by the
International Rescue Committee, an NGO based in the US, over 3.3 million
people have died in the conflict. A great number died of side effects of the
war such as malnutrition and diseases caused by massive displacement of
population and the collapse of the country’s political and health-care
systems. This conflict is one of the most deadly in Africa’s history.

I feel confident to introduce this offer to you as a trustworthy and a
humane person. For your participation and assistance of this transfer, a
negotiable percentage will be discussed based on your interest but my family
is willing to offer 20% of the total sum for the assistance. Conclusively,
you're requested to furnish me back your interest in the above matter by
e-mail provided above. All I need from you are: your personal telephone/fax
numbers for easy communication and your personal details (identification) to
enable me furnish you with more information regarding this matter.I will
need this transaction to be concluded within a short period so I can
relocate to your country and invest under your supervision. Kindly attend to
this letter as a letter from a widow who is in need of your assistance.
Waiting for your urgent reply, thanks for your co-operation. You Can Contact
me or my son Daniel with the above telephone number

God bless you.
MRS. Cindy M .KIMARO & FAMILY

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