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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:
  • "the consignment " (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)
  • "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)
  • "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • sekayi_rudo@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR SEKAYI RUDO" <sekayrudo@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: sekayi_rudo@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 11:23:43 +0000
Subject: Study carefully & Respond to me


Hello ,

I am Mr Sekayi Rudo, a 30 years old Zimbabwe nationality residing in Dakar Senegal on asylum. My father Raymond Sekayi was a Zimbabwean Politician and a successful farmer in Zimbabwe. He was an associate and a close friend of our current president of Mr Robert Mugabe. My father fell out of favour with the president and became a founding member of the opposition party Movement For Democratic Change (M.D.C) that are challenging the President's Land Reform Programme initiated by the Government aimed at forcefully taking the white owned farms by force and given to the black inexperience farmers which resulted the widespread anarchy and senseless killings.
However my father was wrongfully accused by the ruling party of inciting public revolt and crime against the state and was secretly murdered by the agents of the State and our assets confiscated But before his death, my late father has deposited large sum of money with a security and finance firm in Senegal as a Consignment, the fund is $20m (twenty million united states dollars) as family assets.
The funds were meant for the purchase of farming equipment and tractors in Zimbabwe, and purchase of new lands in neighbouring town and villages for our farming project. Since my father's death, my family have become the state targets and we have been constantly been abused and tortured by the government thus my flight to Senegal where i am currently staying as refugee.
My Refugee status, however prohibited me from engaging in financial transaction and could not withdraw our fund from the security company. Therefore, my mother and I, have thus reached an agreement to seek for a trustworthy person who can assist in claiming the consignment out from the finance firm then transfer the funds into his/her personal or company's account, when a power of attorney is given in favour of his/her name.
Lastly, if you are willing to assist, let me know so that in my next message we can discuss detailed modalities to achieve this project. Please kindly reply via my private mail box::

sekayi_rudo@yahoo.co.uk
Best regards
Mr Rudo Sekayi.
For the family.

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