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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:
  • "is 100% risk-free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• 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.
  • +27731713582 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "moses zuma" <moses_zuma012@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 11:28:29 +0200
Subject: CRY FOR HELP

JOHANNESBURG
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
PHONE:+27-73-171-3582



PROPOSAL FOR URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE

ATTN:

My name is MOSES ZUMA the elder son of Mr. David ZUMA of Zimbabwe. This
might be a surprise to you about where I got your contact address. I got
your address from the South African Chamber of Commerce in
Johannesburg, South Africa.

During the current war 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 his followers, he ordered all white farmers to surrender all
their farms to his party members and his
followers.

My father is one of the best farmers in our country and because he did not
support Mugabe’s ideas, Mugabe’s supporters invaded my father’s farm and
burnt everything in the farm, killing my father and made away with a lot of
items in my father’ s farm.

Before his death, my father had deposited with one of the Security Company
in Johannesburg, South Africa the sum of US$ 10.5 Million Dollars(Ten
million five hundred Thousand united state Dollars). After the death of my
father, we decided to move to the Republic of South Africa where he had
deposited the money in the Security Company as valuables.

So I decided to contact overseas firm and companies that will assist me to
move this money out of South Africa because as asylum seekers we are not
allowed to operate any bank account within South Africa. We have
agreed to offer you 15% of the total sum for your assistance, 5% will be
mapped out for any expenses that may be incurred in the course of this
transaction and 80% will be for me and my family to invest in your
country.

All I want you to do is to furnish me with your entire personal phone and
fax numbers for easy communication. Note that this transaction is 100%
risk-free and absolutely confidential.

Reagard
moses zuma.

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