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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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)
• 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.
  • rihifamily@spinfinder.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Eboh Rihi <ebohrihi@spinfinder.com>
Reply-To: rihifamily@spinfinder.com
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 18:22:20 +0100
Subject: *Asylum camp*


Hello,
I wish to begin by way of introduction,i am Eboh Rihi,the first son of
late Ata Rihi,one of
the formost black farmers in Zimbabwe recently murdered in the land
dispute in my country.
Before the death of my father he had take me to Johnnesburg in South
Africa to deposit the sum US$16m(sixteen million United States Dollars)
in one of the private Security companies
as family valuables,when he realised the looming danger in Zinbabwe.
This amount was meant for the purchase of new machineries and chemicals
for the farms andalso for the esterblishment of new farms in Swaziland.
This land dispute started when President Robert Mugabe introduce
a new land reform which was particularly targeted at the
rich white farmers and a few black farmers with my father included.
This resulted in the gruesome killing of rich farmers(mainly whites and
very few blacks) and the unlawfull possesion of their property by
president Mugabe's war veterans,under the disguise of fighting for
the interest of the country.It is against this background i fled the
country with my family to Germany where we are currently seeking
for political asylum(Refugee).I have decided to seek for foreign
assistance as the laws prohibits asylum seekers from operating bank
account or involve infinancial transaction of any kind,hense this
letter to you.What we need is a trustworthy
person whose custody we shall entrust the above said amount and help us
with investment opportunities.
There are two options,fistly you can choose to have a percentage of the
total said amount for your assistance or go into partnership with us in
your
country,but in anycase we will still need your further assistance in
helping us to secure our residential permit in your country.
We shall discuss in detail after your reply and i shall furnish you
with more details on request.You can reply to:rihifamily@spinfinder.com
Yours Sincerely,
Eboh Rihi.
You can visit:www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/708424/posts.

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