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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:
  • "for your efforts, i am prepared to offer you " (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)
  • "huge amount of money" (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)
  • "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 "Zimbabwe" 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.
  • davidkhumalo_2006@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DAVID KHUMALO" <davidkhumalo_7@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 08:29:54 +0000
Subject: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

FROM: MR. DAVID KHUMALO
Date: 03/08/2006

TEL: 27-73-0600-228

Email: davidkhumalo_2006@yahoo.com


STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

ATTN: DIRECTOR /CEO



I know you will be surprised to read from me, but please consider this
letter as request from a family in dire need for your assistance. Firstly, I
am MR. DAVID KHUMALO from ZIMBABWE; I am the first and only son of MR.
JAMES KHUMALO. I am presently residing In South Africa.



I got your contact from the South African Information Exchange (S.A.I.E.) in
Johannesburg and on behalf of my mother who is a widow MRS. FLORENCE KHUMALO
I decided to solicit for your assistance to transfer the sum of
US$18.5M(Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) to
your personal or company account. Before my fathers death he was among the
few black Zimbabwean rich farmers and he was killed by the agents of the
ruling government of president Robert Mugabe for his alleged support and
sympathy for the Zimbabwe opposition party controlled by the white minority,
if you can remember vividly my father was among the 10 farmers that were
killed and their dead body seized by president MUGABE, it was on publication
(CNN/BBC). Before his death he had taken me to Johannesburg to deposit this
money to a Security and Finance Company. The money was deposited in a box as
a gemstone to avoid much demurrage from the Security Company. This money was
earmarked for purchase of new machinery and chemicals for the farms and to
establish new farms in Lesotho and Swaziland.



In this will he specially drew my attention to this sum of US$18.5Million
(Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) that he
deposited in a safe box of a private Security and Finance Company here in
Johannesburg, South Africa.



IN FACT MY FATHER SAID IN HIS WILL AND QUOTE:

“My beloved son, I wish to draw your attention to this money which I
deposited in your name in a box with a Security and Finance Company in
Johannesburg, South Africa. In case of my absence on earth caused by death,
you should solicit for a reliable foreign partner to assist you to transfer
this money out of South Africa for investment purpose.”



>From the above, you will understand that the live and future of my family
depends on this money as much. I will be very grateful if you can assist us.
We are now living in South Africa as Asylum seekers and financial laws of
South Africa does not allow Asylum seekers certain right to such huge amount
of money. In view of this, I cannot invest this money in South Africa, hence
I am asking you to assist me to transfer this money out of South Africa for
investment purpose. For your efforts, I am prepared to offer you 25% of the
total fund. While 5% will be set aside for local and international expenses
and 70% will be kept by my family and me. Finally modalities on how the
transfer will be done, will be conveyed to you once we establish trust and
confidence between ourselves.

Looking forward to your reply and please treat as very urgent.



Best Regards


MR. DAVID KHUMALO

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