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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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. )
  • "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 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.
  • +27784370434 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
  • +27866655070 (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.
  • mutambaraharriet40@katamail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • jonathanmutambara@fsmail.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • @gawab.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Harriet Mutambara" <harrietmutambara@gawab.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:21:50 GMT
Subject: Your Response Required



From Mrs. Harriet Mutambara
Price Waterhouse,
55 Jason Moyo Avenue,
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Please Reply to E-mail: mutambaraharriet40@katamail.com
jonathanmutambara@fsmail.net
Tel No: +27-7-843-70434
Fax No: +27-8-6665-50701

INVITATION FOR PARTNERSHIP.

Compliments of the Day,

With due respect, trust and humility, I write to you this proposal, which I
believe would be of great interest to you. I got your contact while I was
doing a private research on the Internet, for a reliable person for
partnership investment overseas. Believing you are sincere and trustworthy
person and of transparent honesty and capable of handing this transaction
to the best of your knowledge in assisting my son and I, in Claiming the
sum of US$15Million United States Dollars) in the custody of a security
company in Johannesburg South Africa.

I am contacting you with the greatest delight and personal respect. I am
Mrs. Harriet Mutambara, the wife of late Dr. (chief) Daniel Mutambara. Who
was murdered last year by the forces loyal to President Robert Mugabe due
to their support in acquiring his land and property during the crisis in
Zimbabwe last year, which continued and led to the lost of several lives of
foreign (white) farmers as reported on cable network news (CNN) and by the
British Broadcasting Corporation (BCC) For a clearer picture of my story
please log on to http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/may4_2002.html

During the current Crisis against the farmers of the Zimbabwe by 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 supporters invaded my husband's farm
burnt down everything, killed him and confiscated all his investments.
Before the death of my husband, he took me to South Africa to deposit the
sum of US$15Million United States Dollars with a Security &Finance Company,
as he knew the looming danger in Zimbabwe. The money was deposited as gem
of precious stones to avoid much demurrage from the Security Company. This
money was meant for buying of new machineries and chemical for farms and
establishment of new f arms in Lesotho and Swaziland.

From the above you can understand that my future especially that of my son
depends strongly on this money. I will like you to assist us in
transferring this money into your account for investment. You can contact
my son Jonathan Mutambara who is presently residing in South Africa as an
asylum seeker with his e-mail address: jonathanmutambara@fsmail.net for
more details or you can call him on +27-7-843-70434 Fax No:
+27-8-6665-50701

Of late, when we decided to invest this money here in South Africa, we
discovered that the laws of this country prohibit asylum seekers the right
to investment or to operate any form of bank account. Hence, I contacted
you to assist us in transferring this money out of South Africa
For your assistance in this regard, it will interest you to know that we
will be willing to come to terms with you regarding your reward for helping
us actua lize this matter. It is equally important to state here that
considering the nature of this matter, we awill required that it is handle
most discreetly. I must let you know that this business is 100% risk-free
Kindly contact me or my son Jonathan Mutambara using the above particulars
upon receipt of this latter for execution details and other necessary
discussion. Your private phone and fax number will be needed for easier
communication thank you in anticipation of your trusted and genuine
assistance.
I remain,

Yours sincerely,
Harriet Mutambara. (Mrs.)
mutambaraharriet40@katamail.com

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