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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)
  • "is 100% risk-free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • jamesmasudo_03@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "james masudo" <jamesmasudo_03@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:26:45 +0000
Subject: PLEASE URGENT AND HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL.

FROM MR.JAMES MASUDO
NO.157 CAVENDISH
JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA
jamesmasudo_03@hotmail.com
Telephon + 27-76-8847557


PLEASE URGENT AND HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL.

Goodday!


My Daer, My name is MR. JAMES MASUDO, eldest son of MR. AWAGO MASUDO of
Zimbabwe. This might be a surprise to you where I got your contact address.
I got your address from internet,while searching for a reliable person
and also a foreign national who I can trust for all my financial
responsibilities.

My dear,During the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the
supports of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white-owned farms
to his party members and his followers, he ordered all the white-owned
farmers to surrender all their farms to his party members and his followers.
My father was one of the best farmers in our country and because he did not
support his idea, supporters invaded my fathers farm and burnt everything in
the farm, killing my father and made away with a lot of items in my fathers
farm.

After the death of my father, my mother and I and my younger sister decided
to move out from Zimbabwe because our lives were in danger with the money my
father kept in his hidden safe in my mothers house. The amount contained in
the safe is US$85.5M (EIGHTEN FIVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED
STATES DOLLARS)and we decided to move to the Republic of South Africa where
we deposited the money in a Security Company as valuables.

So, I decided to contact overseas Firm that will assist me to move this
money out of South Africa, because we are asylum seekers here in South
Africa which disqualifies from operating an account or getting involved in
any financial transaction here in South Africa, We have agreed to give you
from the total sum 35% for helping us to move this money to your country
while 65% will be for me and my family to invest in your country. If you are
interested please kindly furnish me with your personal phone and fax numbers
for easy communication.

You can contact me on the above telephone + 27-76-88-47557, Note that this
transaction is 100% risk-free and it requires mutual trust and absolute
confidentiality.
Your urgent response will be highly appreciated in this regard.

Thanks and God bless you.
Best regards,
FROM MR. JAMES MASUDO
(For the family)

I WOULD LIKE YOU TO GO THRUGH THE FOLLOWING WEB SITES
FOR CLARIFICATION.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0418/zimbabwe.html>
http://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/04/64376.html>
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/08/13/wzim13.xml>
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0%2C4273%2C4332401%2C00.html>

THANKS.
MR. JAMES MASUDO

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