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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:
  • "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)
• This email message is a "Zimbabwe" 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.
  • gabe_family007@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "monica gabe" <monica_gabe003@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:27:25 +0200
Subject: From; Mrs. Monica Gabe. We Earnestly Need your Help

FROM: MRS. MONICA GABE

SANTON JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA

TEL: (+27) 73-282-0585

Reply to this emai; ( gabe_family007@yahoo.co.uk )

Attention: Sir/ Madam


My name is Mrs. Monica George Gabe, the Late Wife of Mr. George Gabe of
Zimbabwe. It might be a surprise to you where I got your contact address, I
got your contact address from the International journal here in
Johannesburg, South Africa

During the current crisis against the farmers of Zimbabwe by the supporters
of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white owned farms in our
country, he ordered all the white farmers to surrender their farms to his
party members and their followers.

My Husband was one of the best farmers in the country and knowing that he
did not support the president's political ideology, the president's
supporters invaded my husband farm burnt down everything, killed him and
confiscated all his investments.
After the death of my husband, I and my son with my two younger daughters
decided to move out of Zimbabwe for the safety of our lives. We took along
with us the vitals documents my Husband kept in the safe in my mother's
house, the related documents of the money he deposited in the security firm
(US$18m) Eighteen Million United States Dollars to the Republic of South
Africa.

The funds are presently being kept away in the secret vaults of a private
security firm based here in Johannesburg, Myself and my son have decided to
contact any reliable overseas firm/person who could assist us to transfer
this money out of The Republic of South Africa, because we as asylum seeker
here in South Africa cannot open a non-resident account through which this
fund will be channeled out to your nominated overseas bank account.

If my proposition is considered, for assisting us to transfer this money to
your country, we will offer you 30% of the total fund and 5% of the total
will be set aside to cover any expenses incurred during this transaction.
65% will be for me and my family to invest in your country under your
supervision.

Yours truly

Mrs. Monica Gabe (for the family)

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