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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:
  • "your country for safe keeping" (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)
  • "million 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 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.
  • +27836736250 (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.
  • mariam_boyoyo_family@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "miss.mariam boyoyo" <mariam_boyoyo5@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 16:55:08 +0200
Subject: FROM: MISS MARIAM BOYOYO

FROM: MISS MARIAM BOYOYO .
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
EMAIL:mariam_boyoyo_family@yahoo.com

TEL:+27-83-6736250

ATTN:

PROPOSAL FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE.

My name is ,MISS MARIAM BOYOYO the elder only child of MR. PETER BOYOYO
of Zimbabwe. This might be a surprise to you about where I got your contact
address. I got your address from the South African Chamber of Commerce in
Johannesburg, South Africa. During the current war against the farmers in
Zimbabwe from the supports of our resident Robert Mugabe to claim all the
white-owned farms to his party members and his followers, he ordered all
white farmers to surrender all farms to his party members and his followers.
I am here in South Africa with my uncle

My father is One of the best farmers in our country and because he did not
support Mugabes ideas,Mugabes supports 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. Before his death,my father had deposited with the
Security Company in Johannesburg,South Africa the sum of US$30
MILLION(THIRTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS). After the death of my
father, we decided to move to the Republic of South Africa where he had
deposited the money in the Security Company as valuables.

This money is what I want to move to your country for safe keeping through
deplomatic courier service network.So please I would like you to assure me
that this money will be safe when enters your account.Please do not hasitate
contact immediately to proceed action.
So I decided to contact overseas firm and companies that will assist me to
move this money out of South Africa because as asylum seekers we are not
allowed to operate any Bank Account with in South Africa.

We have agreed to offer you 20% of the total sum for your assistance,5% will
be mapped out for any expenses that may be incurred in the course of this
transaction while 75% will be for me and my family to invest in your
country.All I want you to do is to furnish me with your entire personal
phone and fax numbers for easy communication.

You can contact me on the above E-mail. mariam_boyoyo_family@yahoo.com

Note that this transaction is 100% Risk free andabsolutely confidential.
Thanks and GOD bless,
yours faithfully,
MISS MARIAM BOYOYO
EMAIL:mariam_boyoyo_family@yahoo.com
TEL:+27-83-6736250

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