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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "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)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • nzanga_joseph3@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: nzanga joseph <nzanga_joseph3@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: nzangajoseph2006@myway.com
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 02:30:42 -0800 (PST)
Subject: FROM.Nzanga JOSEPH (DXSIRX) MOBUTU


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: nzanga_joseph3@yahoo.com

Nzanga JOSEPH (DÉSIRÉ) MOBUTU


DEAR Friend,


I know this letter will be a surprise to you as we have not meet

before, but I have to contact you as I do not want anybody known to my family

to be associated with this businesss. I am the first son of the late

JOSEPH (DÉSIRÉ) MOBUTU, the former President of the ZAIRE now democratic

republic of congo .


I am presently on political asylum in Calabar,Nigeria . I got your

contact over the internet during my search for a assistance in this mutual

transaction.this became neccessary as i do not want anybody known to me

to be associated with this money.


I want you to note that this business will benefit both of us and that

it is 100% risk free. However, you must confirm your ability to handle

this because it involves a large amount of money. The funds THIRTY

SEVEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($37million)is my share of my father's

estate. I boxed and shipped the money to a security company abroad at

the peak of the political uprising that rocked my country few years

ago. Now the crisis has ended , I need a trustworthy person like you to

proceed to the place of the security company in order to clear the fund

and afterwards,i will come to your country for us to start a joint

business venture as i do not have the intention of bringing the funds back

to africa for a very long time.


Note that I will send to you the relevant documents that will enable

you take possession of the fund for onward investment for our mutual

benefit. All I need from you is as follows:


1. Your confirmation of your ability to handle this transaction. 2.your word that

you will keep this business as confidential as possible at all times

until we conclude this business.


3. Your telephone and fax numbers for communication. 4. Your full

permanent address.


As soon as I get the above information from you, I will disclose to you

the name and the country of the security company. i will also forward

to you the contact of the diplomat that i have hired to assist us in

this business.i will also forward your name and particulars to the

security company to enable them contact you accordingly.


As we make progress,i will also send to you a LETTER OF AUTHORITY and

AGREEMENT LETTER to enable you clear the fund on my behalf. Note that

this is a very safe transaction as this funds is my share of my father's

estate.


I am waiting for your response to enable us proceed.


Yours Faithfully,

Nzanga Joseph Mobutu.

20/03/2006.

- nzanga joseph

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