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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)
  • "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 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.
  • ojouche_1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ojo uche <ojouche_1@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 20:28:10 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: interst mather!


FROM OJO UCHE

SOUTH AFRICA.
Dear
I am Ojo Uche,the only son of Alfredo Ojo
[commadante da policia do bie in Angola ].
I am looking for an individual/ company who can assist
me and my mother in transferring a reasonable sum of
money abroad to a company /private account.
I on behalf of my mother Antonia Ojo ,decided to
solicit for your assistance to transfer the sum of us
$20.5Million[Twenty five hundred thousand united
states dollars]deposited by my late father in a
private security company in Johannesburg South Africa
.
Before the death of my father,he was a[commadante da
policia do bie]in charge of arms and ammunitions
procurement for policia the Angola.In his will he
specifically drew my attention to the sum of US$20.5
milliin which he deposited in the safe box of in
private security company in Johannesburg South Africa.
In fact he said and I quote ''My beloved son ,I wish
to draw your attention to the sum of US$20.5 million.I
deposited the box containing the fund in a security
company in Johannesburg,South Africa.
During the war against the rebels until I found out
that some senior army officials and government
functionaries were busy helping themselves with
government funds and properties and sending them to
foreign countries .
Due to this,when the former special adviser to the
president and I were assigned by the president to
purchase arms in South Africa, we saw this as a golden
opportunity to divert the money for our personal use .
When we saw shared the money ,I got a total of
US$20.5 million.I did this incase of my absencent due
to death so that you Ojo Uche and your mother and
two sisters Felomena and Ana Ojo wouldn't suffer
.
Do not disappoint me, bye for now and GOD bless
you"After the burial of my father my mother and I
decided to move to South Africa where this money was
deposited inorder to withdraw it and put it to use, we
were disappointed when we got to South Africa because
Section 22 of the refugees act No:130 of 1998 of
South Africa does not allow asylum seekers in country
the right to operate bank account or to run any
enterprise in the country .
So after much consideration ,we decided that it will
be better for us to search for an honest and trust
worthy foreign partner who will assist us transfer
this money out of South Africa for investment abroad .
from words of my father, you will understand that the
lives and futures of my family depends on this fund,
and as such I be very grateful if you will assist us.
Now what I would like you to do for us as an
international partner is to help us clear this sum
from the Security Company useing your name as the
beneficiary of the fund . You can contact me on the
e-mail address (ojouche_1@yahoo.com for more
information.

We have agreed to offer you 25% of the total fund for
your assistance, 5% for the expenses that might be
incurred in the course of the transfer and the
remaining 70% will be for my family investment
abroad,which you will assist us to materialise please
your utmost trust is highly needed in this
transaction.Every information must be kept secret .
Feel free to ask any question you consider necessary.
kindly provide me with your communication facilites
for smooth and confidential link, should this meet
your utmost consderation.
I anticipate your earliest reply.
Best Regards.
OJO UCHE
For the family


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