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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "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)
  • "confidentiality of this transaction" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
  • "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.
  • +27791149999 (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.
  • mrs_amina555@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: mrs_ amed401 <mrs_amed401@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:41:59 +0200
Subject: PROPOSAL FOR BUSINESS ASSISTANCE/INVESTMENT



AMINA AMED (MRS).(for the family). #126 DF MALLAN DRIVE NORTHCLIFF R. S. A

+27 791 149 999
PROPOSAL FOR BUSINESS ASSISTANCE/INVESTMENT


ATTN:

I know how surprise you will feel in receiving this important proposal through mail since we don't know each other before,it's because of the confidentiality of this transaction.

With due respect,trust and humility,I sent this proposal to you, which I believe would be of great interest to us in near future. I found your contact while I was doing a private research on the internet for a reliable and capable foreign partner that will assist me and my family. I am MRS.AMINA AMED the wife of ALHAJI USMAN AMED of ZIMBABWE.

During the current war against farmers in ZIMBABWE and from the support of our PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE to claim all the white owned farm in our country,all the white farmers were ordered to surrender their farms to his party members and his followers. My husband who was one of the successful farmers in our country and tresurer of the farmer's co-operation did not support his idea and because of that the party members invaded my husband's farms and burnt everything in the farm, killed my husband and made away with a lot of items in my husband's farm.

After the death of my husband, my children and I decided to move out of ZIMBABWE because our lives were in danger with the money that my husband kept in his hidden safe in my house. The amount contained in the safe is US$10.5M (TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS)and we decided to code the money and move to the REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA where we deposited the money in a security company as a valuable item.

So we decided to make contact with an oversea firm whom will assist us to move this money out of SOUTH AFRICA, because we are PRESENTLY REFUGEES (Asylum seekers) here in SOUTH AFRICA. So if you consider this proposal, we have agreed to give you 30% of the total sum for helping us to move this money out to your NOMINATED account in your country and 70% will be for me and my family to invest in your country and you will be a partner in busines as we have littel or no knowladge about international business. We will like you to furnish us with your phone number for easy communication.
Pls.Contact us and send your phone number my son Mohamed Amed Jnr will get back to you since

He knows everything about the transaction and reply to this our alternative email address:
mrs_amina555@myway.com
NOTE:This transaction is 100% risk free and ABSOLUTELY CONFIDENTIAL.
Thanks and hope to read from you soon.
Best regards,

AMINA AMED (MRS).(for the family).


NB:THESE ARE USEFUL LINKS THAT WILL HELP YOU TO SEE THE CURRENT LAND CRISES IN MY COUNTRY ZIMBABWE FOR NOW.JUST COPY THESE LINKS TO VIEW
http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/dec4.htmlhttp://www.amren.com/006issue/006issue.html#coverhttp://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/06/24/zimbabwe.farmers/http://www.amren.com/0105issue/0105issue.htm#namibiahttp://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/zimbabwe/index.php
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