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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)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• 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.
  • willmakojonson@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: WILLIAMS MAKO JOHNSON <willmakojonson@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: willmakojonson@inMail24.com
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 20:09:25 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: WE NEED YOUR HELP.


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

Attn,



This May Appear A Bit Surprising To You But Very Beneficial; As A Matter Of Urgency, I Am Desperately Looking For A Foreign Partner Whom I Can Trust To Handle Some Investment Or Fund Movement. I Am Williams Mako Johnson.The Only Son Of Late CHIEF Mako Johnson Who Was Murdered By The Zimbabwean Veterans And Irate Black People.



I Am Writing From Zimbabwe. I Got Your Address From The Internet Through The Consultancy Directory During My Search For A Reliable And Honest Person To Transact This Business With Me And My Sister. We Write To Solicit For Your Special Assistance To A Family Shattered By A Tyrannical Government Led By A Dictator And His (ZANU-PF) Ruling Party- President Robert Mug Abe. Because Of Land And Farm Land Crisis In Zimbabwe, The Government Secretly Sponsored The War Veterans And Some Irate Party Members To Dispossess The Land Being Occupied By White Farmers. This Action Has Led To The Killing Of Some Members Of Opposition Party Including My Father (MAKO JOHNSON) Who Did Do Not Support This Ill-Fated Action.



But Before The Death Of My Father, He Anticipated Some Dangers And So He Deposited The Sum Of US$9.2m (Five Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) In The Name Of Me And One His Friend From Canada, As Second Beneficiary To This Consignment At A Reputable Security Company In Ghana-Accra With The Intention Of Using It To Open Fertilizer Manufacturing Company Among Other Companies In Our Neighboring Country (Swaziland) Before His Death.



On The 29th Of July, 2001, The War Veterans And Some Supporters Of (ZANU-PF) Ruling Party Trooped Into Our Compound And Axed Him (My Father) To Death. Since Then, They Have Been Terrorizing Me, But I Managed To Escape To A Neighboring Country, Ghana-Accra As A Political Asylum Seeker (Refugee). But My Position In Ghana-Accra Does Not Permit Me To Open An Account Or Run Any Huge Financial Business.



That Is Why I Want This Fund To Be Transferred Into Your Private Account So That You Will Assist Me To Invest It In Your Country. Hence, If You Agree To Assist Me, I Will Offer You 15% Of The Money For Your Assistance, 5% Will Be For The Possible Expenses Incurred In The Process Of This Transaction, Then 5% For The Orphanages Home, While 75% Will Be For Our Family Investment In Your Country Through Your Assistance. I Need Your Urgent And Confidential Response.

Please Kindly Forward Us Your Private Contact In Other For Us To Reach You Quickly As Our Foreign Beneficiary Regarding This Transaction.



Thanks.



Best Regards,

Williams And Sister.



- WILLIAMS MAKO JOHNSON

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