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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:
  • "million united states 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)
  • "is 100% risk-free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "victor papiez" <victorpapiez@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:44:19 +0200
Subject: compliments of the season

Dear Friend,

My name is Mr. Victor Papiez, the elder son of Mr. Eric Papiez a Zimbabwean
national currently in South Africa.

During the remote and current wars against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the
supports of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white-owned farms
to his party members and followers. My late father was one of the best
farmers in my country and because he did not support Mugabe’s dictatorial
ideas, Mugabe supporters invaded my father’s farm and burnt everything in
the farm, killing my father, his workers and made away with a lot of items
in my father’s farm.

Before his death, my father had deposited with one security company in
Johannesburg, South Africa the sum of US$42 Million (forty-two Million
United States Dollars) with my name as the next of kin. After the death of
my father, I decided to move to the republic of South Africa.

I wish to contact you as an overseas/foreign business partner to assist me
move this money out of south Africa, Reasons being that as an asylum seeker
I am not allowed to operate or run any form of bank account within south
Africa because the refugees laws here does not permit asylum seekers certain
financial rights and that is the reason why I need a foreign partner who is
willing and capable to assist me.

On receiving your positive response we will then discuss on how to share and
invest the funds with all the modalities.

(Note) this transaction is 100% risk-free and absolutely confidential.

Thanks and God bless.

Regards,
Victor Papiez.

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