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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:
  • "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)
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "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 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.
  • +27834894753 (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.
  • dennismark2007@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "dennis mark" <dennismark1_@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dennismark2007@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 09:25:15 +0200
Subject: PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL.

From Mr Dennis Mark
Telephone:+27-83-489-4753
Private Email:dennismark2007@hotmail.com
Address:No 47 Mandela Avenue Santon
Johannesburg South Africa.

How are you today? I know you may be surprised to receive this letter. But
since you don't know me in person for the purpose of introduction, I am Mr
Dennis Mark, the son of late Mr Benjamin Mark. I got your contact through
the South African Business Manual in my search for a trusted partner to do
business with and I assure you that nobody knows about this transaction.

Before the death of my father,he took me to Johannesburg City to deposit the
sum of US$12.5 Million (Twelve Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) in a private Security /Finance Company, when He foresees the
looming danger in Zimbabwe.

This amount was meant for the purchase of new machines and chemicals for the
farms and also for the establishment of a new farm in Swaziland. My late
father was one of the best farmers in our country. The land disputes started
when our President Mr.Robert Mugabe introduced a new Land Act reform which
wholly affected the rich white farmers and some few black farmers in our
country.

for the purpose of acquiring all the white-owned farms to his party members
and followers, He ordered all the white farmers to surrender their farms to
his party members and followers, this resulted to many killings by Zimbabwe
war veterans and some lunatics in the society. In fact, my father was one of
his victims, because he was totally against President Mugabe's ideas. It is
on this background that I am currently staying in South Africa as refugee,I
and my family decided to transfer my father’s inherited money to a foreign
country since the laws of South Africa prohibits refugees to have a bank
account or to be involved in any financial transaction throughout the
territorial zones of South Africa.

Please, I need your assistance to transfer this fund to your trusted bank
account. For your assistance, I have agreed to give you 25% of the total
sum, while 5% is mapped out to re-imburse every expenses that would be
incurred in the cause of actualizing this transaction and 70% will be for me
and my family business investments in your country.

Please note that this transaction is 100% risk-free, as I have made every
necessary arrangements for a successful deal.The ONLY thing I solicit from
you is total cooperation, complete trust and assurance that my family own
share will be safe when transferred to your bank account in your
country.Please kindly keep this business proposal strictly confidential for
security reasons.

Finally If you are interested to assist me and my family kindly call me or
send me reply via my above phone number & email address
dennismark2007@hotmail.com and do send me your private telephone and fax
numbers for easy and smooth communication with each other.

Thanks and God bless while waiting for your urgent response.

Yours Sincerely

Mr.Dennis Mark
(For the family)

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