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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 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.
  • jmm2@galmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: joyphillip2010@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 00:53:23 +0200
Subject: FROM:MRS. JOY PHILLIP.

>From Mrs. Joy Phillip
25 Line Street Sandton
Johannesburg South Africa
TAL:27-73-5688-851
E-Mail:jmm2@galmail.co.za


ATTENTION:Director/CEO


I am Mrs.Joy Phillip, wife of late Mentu Phillip, who was murdered by the Zimbabwean veterans and irrate black people.Before the death of my husband on the 29th of march 2002, he was a Prosperous Tobacco and Coffee farmer in Zimbabwe, and also one of the major sponsor/ Financier of the opposition party - Movement For Democratic Change(MDC)in Zimbabwe.He was also the former president of Farmers Co-operative Trade Union in Zimbabwe.

I am writing you from Johanessburg,South Africa. I got your contact email address through the South African International Information Exchange Centre and decided to write you. I write to solicit for your special assistance to a family shattered by a tyrannical government led by the dictator Presidency of Robert Mugabe and his(ZANU-PF) ruling party.

I am probably of the convinction that you are aware of the present situation in my country Zimbabwe. Sequel to the land and farm land crisis in Zimbabwe, the government secretly sponsored the war veterans and some irrate party members to dispose the land being occupied by whites and some rich farmers who are opposed to his consistent stay in power and his radical and unnecessary reforms targeted at his political opponents. This action has led to the killing of some members of the opposition party including my husband(Mentu Phillip), who did not support this ill-fated action. But before the death of my husband and the consistent threats to his life, he anticipated some dangers and so he smuggled out the sum of US$2.5m (Two Million five hundered Thousand United States Dollars), to South Africa since it is the nearest neighbouring country and deposited it in a security company with the intention of using it for the purchase of New farm machinery and chemicals for Agricultural purposes in South Africa as well a
s a purchase of some hectares of land in swaziland.

On the 29th march, 2002, the war veterans and some supporters of (ZANU-PF) ruling party trooped into our compound and axed him(my husband) to death. Since then, they have been terrorizing my only son,(John Phillip), but I succeeded to work for his escape to a neighbouring country, South Africa as a political asylum seeker (refugee). But his position in South Africa does not permit him to open an account or utilise this fund for any meaningful business transaction in south Africa since he does not have a south Africa Identity Card. That is why I want this fund to be transferred into your norminated account in your country so that you will assist him to invest it in your country.

Hence,if you agree to assist us, we have two options for you, we have agreed to go into partnership with you and your family or in the alternatve, we offer you 20% of the money for your assistance, 5% will be for expenses incurred in the process of this transaction, while 75% will be for our family investment in your country,through your assistance.

I want you to understand that this fund is purely a family fund/money and not drug money, nor could it be classified as government fund or Money Laundering affairs and it could be substanciated by relevant authorties by our attorney. It is Family fund but termed confidential because I do not want my son to be traced to where he is presently. If you are interested in assisting us, kindly contact my son or myself with this email address jmm2@galmail.co.za , and the telephone number above. Right now, I am presently in south Africa with my son(John Phillip)and the whole of my family sequel to the tensed political situation and the fear for our lives in Zimbabwe.

I would also want to asure you that this transction is 100% risk free but extremely confidential.

ALSO FORWARD TO ME YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS TO ME WITH DUE RESPECT.
I WAIT FOR YOUR CALL.
thanks and God bless you and your family.

Thanks.

Best regards,
(Mrs. Joy Phillip)

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