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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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • +27833413330 (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.
  • monica_malukwe@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr Morgan" <drmorgan9za@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:16:14 +0200
Subject: FROM: MRS MONICA MALUKWE

FROM: MRS MONICA MALUKWE
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA,
ATTN: CEO
PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
With due respect and humility, I write you this proposal, which I believe
will be a great interest to you.
I am MRS.MONICA MALUKWE the wife of MR .FRANCIS MALUKWE During the current
war against farmers in Zimbabwe and from the support of our president ROBERT
MUGABE to claim all the white owned farms in our country, all the white and
black farmers were ordered 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.
After the death of my husband, I and my children decided to move out of
Zimbabwe because our lives was in danger. My late husband's attorney drew
our attention to a certain
amount of money lodged in a security company with all the documentations in
his WILL.
The amount contained in the safe is US$6.5Million (SIX MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY)
declared as valuables for security reasons.
So, we decided to make contact with an overseas firm that will assist my
family and I to move this money out of South Africa, because we are asylum
seekers
here in South Africa, and cannot continue to suffer when we have such amount
of money in the security company.
So, if you consider this proposal, my family and I have agreed to give
you 25% of the total sum for helping us to move this money out to your
country and 5% will be mapped out for expenses both of us may incure during
this transaction and 70% Will be for me and family to invest in your
country.
If you are interested in this proposal, kindly call me or my son on this
private telephone number:+27-83-341-3330
or this secure email address:monica_malukwe@hotmail.com.
NOTE: This Transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely confidential. If you
are interested to help me and my children
please contact me ASAP with the above contact information.
Thanks and God bless you.
MONICA MALUKWE [MRS]
(FOR THE FAMILY)

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