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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)
• This email message is a "Zimbabwe" 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.
  • +27725113334 (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.
  • pfrankzuma@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: doris zuma <doriszuma@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 02:02:14 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Contact my son FRANK please


FROM: MRS DORIS ZUMA,
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.
.

A PLEA FOR URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE

DEAR SIR,

With due respect, trust and humility, I write you this proposal, which I believe, would be of great interest to you and us, I found your contact while I was doing a private research on the Internet for a reliable and capable foreign partner that will assist my family and me.

I am MRS. DORIS ZUMA, the wife of late SIR, DAVID ZUMA of Zimbabwe. Who was recently murdered in the land dispute crisis in Zimbabwe, my husband was among the few black Zimbabwean rich farmers murdered in cold blood by the agent of the ruling government of president ROBERT MUGABE, for his alleged support and sympathy for the Zimbabwean opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), controlled by the whites. President MUGABE ordered all the white farmers to surrender their farms to his party members and his followers.

My husband who was one of the best farmers in our country and treasurer of the farmer’s co-operation did not support his idea. And so the party members invaded my husband’s farms and burnt everything in the farm, killed my husband and made away with a lot of items in my husband’s farm, even Head of States from the Western World, especially Great Britain and the United States of America have voiced their condemnations against President Mugabe's new land reform act. After the death of my husband, I and my two Children decided to move out of Zimbabwe because our lives were in danger with the money that my husband kept in his hidden safe in our house. The amount contained in the safe is US$20M (Twenty Million United States Dollars) and we decided to code the money and move to Republic South Africa where we deposited the money in a Security Company as a valuable item.

At this juncture I am saddled with the responsibility of seeking an honest individual/company with vast experience in business to help us safe guard and invest this money, we are presently living in South Africa, as ASYLUM SEEKERS and the financial law of the Republic of South Africa does not allow asylum seekers certain rights. So I decided to make contact with an overseas firm who will assist us to move this money out of South Africa. If you consider this proposal, we have agreed to give you 20% of the total sum for helping us to move this money out to your country, and 5% will be mapped out for expenses that both of us may incurred during this transaction, and 75% will be for me and my family to invest in your country. From the above you will understand that my entire life and that of my family depends on this money, as such I shall be very grateful if you give your total dedication, respect and confidentiality to my proposal.

All I want is for you to furnish me with all your banking details and personal phone and fax numbers for easy communication. If you really want to help us please contact my son FRANK with this phone number +27-72-511-3334 or with his e-mail address at pfrankzuma@yahoo.com

NOTE: That this transaction is 100% RISK FREE and absolutely confidential.

Thanks and God bless,
Best regards,

MRS. DORIS ZUMA.
(For The Family).








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