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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "chris okafor" <chrisokafor2007@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: chris_john000@yahoo.de
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:07:20 +0100
Subject: urgent

Good day,
You may be surprised to receive this letter from me since you do not know me
personally. The purpose of my introduction is that I am Zuma princess zuma
Macheke,
the first son of Zuma Macheke one of the most popular black farmers in
Zimbabwe who was recently murdered in the land dispute in my country. I got
your contact through network online hence decided to write you. Before the
death of my father, he had taken me to Johannesburg to deposit the sum of
USD$10 million (Nine million, Five Hundred thousand United States dollars),
in one of the private security and finance company, as he foresaw the
looming danger in Zimbabwe this funds was deposited in a box as gem stones
to avoid much demurrage from the security and finance company.
This funds was meant for the purchase of new machineries and chemicals for
the Farms and establishment of new farms in swaz This land problem came when
Zimbabwean President Mr. Robert Mugabe introduced a new Land Act Reform
wholly affecting the rich white farmers and some few black farmers, and this
resulted to the killing and mob action by Zimbabwean war veterans and some
lunatics in the society.

In fact a lot of people were killed because of this Land reform Act for
which my father was one of the victims. It is against this background that,
I fled Zimbabwe for fear of our lives and are currently staying in the
Netherlands where we are seeking political asylum and moreso have decided to
transfer my fathers money to a more reliable foreign ac count. since the law
of Netherlands prohibits a refugee (asylum seeker) to open any bank account
or to be involved in any financial transaction throughout the territorial
zone of Netherlands,
As the eldest and only surviving daughter of my father, I am saddled with
the need to transfer the money without the knowledge of my government who
are bent on taking everything we have got.
The South African government seems to be playing along with them. I am faced
with the dilemma of moving these funds out of South Africa for fear of going
through the same experience in future, both countries have similar political
history.
I am seeking for a partner who I have to entrust my future and that of my
family in his hands, I must let you know that this transaction is risk free.
If you accept to assist me and my family, all I want you to do for me, is to
make an arrangements with the security and finance company to clear the
consignment(funds) from any of their affiliate office as i have already
given directives for the consignment to be brought out from South
Africa.This money I intend to use for investment. I have two options for
you.
Firstly you can choose to have certain percentage of the funds for
nominating your account for this transaction,Or you can go into partnership
with me for the proper profitable investment of the funds in your country.

Whichever the option you want, feel free to notify me. I have also mapped
out 5% of this money for all kinds of expenses incurred in the process of
this transaction. For more information concerning the brutality of the
Mugabe government against farmers please click these links:
iafrica.com/news/specialreport/zimbabwe/226559.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/weblog/special/0,10627,536901,00.html N ote:your
prompt response will be appreciated
Thanks, GOD BLESS
Yours Faithfully,
zuma Macheke.

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