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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:

• 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.
  • +27737454740 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: ahmed mutaba <ahmed_901mutaba@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:39:52 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Reminder


My Dear Suzie,

Thank you for your mail, I commed all your effort and courage towards looking into my plight after due consideration by you and also I am reconfirming back to you the genuity in in my proposal to you.

You see, my contacting you for this assistance is according to God own directives, as I will like to assure you that this transaction will be sucessfully done without any problem.

All that is requires here is your Physical presence here in South Africa to enable you help me to open a Domicilary Non-resident Dollars bank account in your name with one of the banks that I have concluded arrangement with were this funds will be deposited before it will be onwardly transfer directly to any of your nominated bank account in your nominated bank account either in china or there in UK .

The reason is that my present status here as an assylum seeker which we are been kept in an eclaved assylum home would not allow me open or operate any bank account, and according to my financial and bankers advised that I would need a foreign partner like you to assist me to open this account were this funds will be deposited.

Once the account is opened in your name, the transfer will commence immediately and I shall be flying down to meet you you with my family as soon as we have concluded, as the whole process is not going to take us more than Three (3) banking working days to conclude.

I shall be expecting your prompt response, to confirming to me your expected date of arrival so that I can conclude every arrangement to pick you up at the airport and also make a hotel reservation on your behalf.

You can call me on this private number : +27-73-745-4740. Hence, your telephone number is as well very important to enable me reach you for further discussion.

Kind Regards,
Ahmed
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