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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:
  • "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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +27782178491 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • steventutufamily@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "steven tutu" <steventutu103@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 04 May 2006 14:22:31 +0000
Subject: PLEASE URGENT REPLY

From: Mr.Steven Tutu,
5 princess avenue sandton ,
Johannesburg South Africa
Tel: + 27 78 21 78 491
e-mail:steventutufamily@yahoo.com



Dear Mory,

CONFIDENTIAL REPLY.

With respect,and humility, I write you this proposal which i need your
attention and for your assistance. I am MR.STEVEN TUTU, the son together
with my mother.the family to late TUTU who was murdered by the Zimbabwean
veterans and irate black people. I am probably of the view that you are
aware of the present situation in my country Zimbabwe sequel to the
Land/Farm reform Act crisis in Zimbabwe. Before the death of my father on
the 9th of September 2005, he was a Prosperous Tobacco farmer and the Former
President of the Commercial Farmers Union and one of the Major Sponsor of
the Opposition Party – Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) in Zimbabwe.

I am writing to you together with my family presently from South Africa
where we have taken refugee. I got your contact from South African directory
service and decided to write you for your assistance. I write to solicit for
your special assistance to invest our Family fund in your country through
your assistance in view of the existing peace in your country. Before the
death of my father and the consistent threats to his life because of his
outstanding and vocal position against the government of President Robert
Mugabe,

He anticipated some dangers so he moved out the sum of US$11.5Million,
(eleven Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars), to South
Africa since it is the nearest neighboring country and deposited it in a
security and Trust company. Since the death of my father, there have been
threat to my life, but I succeeded to work for our escape to South Africa as
a political asylum seeker since that was the only option left for my family.
In view of this development, our position in South Africa do not permit us
to normalize this fund for any meaningful business transaction in South
Africa since we live in South Africa on a refugee status,and the financial
policy of this country do not favour us, we are solisiting for your help as
a foreign partner.

That is why I want this fund to be transferred into your Nominated account
so that you will assist me to invest it in your country in any meaningful
business venture. Hence, if you agree to assist us, we have two options for
you, we have agreed to go into partnership with you and your family the
moment this fund is moved or transferred out of South Africa or in the
alternative,
we offer you 25% of the money for your assistance, 5% will be for the
possible expenses incurred in the process of this transaction, while 70%
will be for our family investment in your country, through your assistance.

I want you to understand that this fund is purely a family fund/money.
Money made after years of our family investment in farming but we will
appreciate it if you will maintain a high level of confidentiality because I
and my family do not want to be traced by the agents of the government where
we are staying presently. If you are interested in assisting us, kindly
contact Me with above Telephone Number or Email address so that we can
discuss further on the process to facilitate the movement of this fund.Or
send to me your Telephone number and fax.
I need your urgent and confidential response.

Best Regards,
Steven Tutu,
(for the family).

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