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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:
  • "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)
  • "is 100% 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.
  • akugandiovu@hotmail.com
  • madamndiovu@takemail.com

Fraud email example:

From: JOHNSON NDIOVU <johnsonsndiovu@web.de>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 22:13:22 +0200
Subject: TREAT AS URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL





DEAR FRIEND,

MY NAME IS ZEZURU KATURA NDIOVU, THE ELDEST SON OF MR.AKUGA NDIOVU OF ZIMBABWE. IT MIGHIT BE A SURPRISE TO YOU, WHERE I GOT YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS. I GOT IT FROM INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY.DURING THE CURRENT CRISIS AGAINST THE FARMERS OF ZIMBABWE BY THE SUPPORTERS OF OUR PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE TO CLAIM ALL THE WHITE OWNED FARMERS IN OUR COUNTRY, HE ORDERED ALL WHITE FARMERS TO SURRENDERTHEIR FARMS TO HIS PARTY MEMBERS AND THEIR FOLLOWRS.

MY FATHER WAS ONE OF THE BEST FARMERS IN THE COUNTRY AND KNOWING THAT HE DID NOT SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT POLITICAL IDEOLOGY, THE PRESIDENT'S SUPPORTERS INVADED MY FATHER'S FARM AND BURNT DOWN EVERYTHING, SHOT HIM AND AS A RESULT OF THE WOUNDS SUSTAED,HE BECAME SICK AND DIED AFTER TWO DAYS.
AFTER HIS DEATH, MY MOTHER AND I TOGETHER WITH MY YOUNGER BROTHER DECIDED TO MOVE OUT OF ZIMBABWE FOR THE SFETY OF OUR LIVES TO SOUTH AFRICA, WHERE I LATER MOVE TO HOLLAND.


BUT BEFORE MY FATHER DIED, HE WROTE A WILL, WHICH READS: MY BELOVRD SON, I WISH TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SUM OF US$12.5 (MILLIOM DOLLARS) WHICH I DEPOSITED WITH A SECURITY COMPANY IN
SOUTH AFRICA IN CASE I WANT TO INVEST THE MONEY, I DEPOSITED THE MONEY IN A SECURITY COMPANY WITH YOUR NAME (JOHNSON NDIOVU) AND IT CAN BE CLAIM BY ME ALONE WITH THE DEPOSIT CODE, MY MOTHER HAS ALL THE DOCUMENT. TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF THIS TRANSACTION.

FROM THE ABOVE, YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THAT THE LIVES OF MY FAMILY DEPEND ON THIS MONEY. AS SUCH,I WILL BE VERY GRATEFUL IF YOU CAN ASSIST US. I AM NOW LIVING IN HOLLAND AS POLITICAL ASYLUM AND THE FINANCIA LAWS OF NETHERIANDS DO NOT ALLOW ASYLUM SEEKERS CERTAIN FINACIAL RIGHTS TO SUCH HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY.

IN VIEW OF THIS, I CANNOT INVEST THIS MONEY IN NETHERLANDS HENCE I AM SEEKING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY OUT OF NETHERLANDS FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE. FOR YOUR EFFORTS, I AM PREPERED TO OFFER YOU 20% OF THE TOTAL SUM, 10% FOR EXPESES THAT MAY BE INCURRED IN THE COURSE OF THIS TRANSCTION, WHILE 70% WILL BE KEPT FOR MY FAMILY AND I.

FINALLY, MODALITIES ON HOW THE TRANSFER WILL BE DONE WILL CONVEYED TO YOU ONCE WE ESTABLISH TRUST AND CONFIDENCE BETWEEN OURSLVES. LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR URGENT REPLY. FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN
CONTACT ME AND MY FAMILYON THIS

E-MAIL.ADDRESS:akugandiovu@hotmail.com

:madamndiovu@takemail.com


NOTE. THE KEY WORD TO THIS TRANSACTON IS ABSOLUTE CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECRECY. THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE. YOUR URGENT RESPONSE WILL BE HIGHIY APPRECIATED.

ALL THE BEST,

ZEZURU JOHNSON NDIOVU

(FOR THE FAMILY)




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