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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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)
  • "transaction is 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.
  • +27735600333 (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_gracekadimo2001@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "grace kadimo" <kadimo11@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:00:49 +0200
Subject: URGENT FAMILY MONEY TRANSFER ASSISTANCE

From : Mrs Grace Kadimo
Johannesburg
South Africa
Tel :+ 27 73 5600 333
my private e-box mrs_gracekadimo2001@yahoo.com

URGENT FAMILY MONEY TRANSFER ASSISTANCE

Dear sir/madam

My name is MRS. GRACE KADIMO, the wife of MR. JOSE KADIMO from Zimbabwe. But
now residing in Johannesbourg,South Africa as a refegee with my family. This
might be a surprise to you about where I got your contact address. Please I
got your name and address through a commercial publication via Internet
courtesy of S.A.I.E. during my desperate search for someone who could
honestly and confidentially assist me by serving my trustee.

ALTHOUGH, IT IS NO LONGER NEWS,THE WORLD KNOWS THE WAY ALL THE BLACK AND
WHITE FARMERS IN ZIMBABWE ARE BEING BRUTALLY MALTREATED AND KILLED BY OUR
PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE. During the current war against the farmers in
Zimbabwe from the supports of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the
black and white-owned farms to his party members and his followers, he
ordered all black and white farmer's to surrender all their farms to his
party members and his followers.

My husband was one of the best farmers in our country and because he did not
support Mugabe's ideas, Mugabe's supporters invaded my husband's farm and
burnt everything in the farm, killing my husband and made away with a lot of
items in my husband's farm . Before his death, He confided to me the sum of
US$19,000 000 Million (Nineteen Million United States dollars, which he had
deposi
ted with one of the Security Companies in Johannesburg, South Africa as
valuables. Since the death of my husband, I have spent quite a fortune
looking for how I can make a breakthrough in order to transfer this money
out of South Africa.

The problem at hand now is that as an asylum seeker I am only using assylum
papers issued to me by the South African government.According to South
African Law, asylums are not authorized to operate any form of banking and
finance related issues of this magnitude. Also, I am not authorized to clear
or make any withdrawals from the consignment in the security company because
of my political status.

So I decided to contact overseas firms and companies that will assist me to
move this fund out of South Africa for our mutual benefit. Your assistance
is highly needed because the security company is ready to welcome anybody
with the correct imformation and documents covering this fund which I will
give you if you agree to assist me and my family. We have agreed to offer
you 15% of the total sum for your assistance, 5% will be mapped out for any
expenses that may be incurred in the course of this transaction and 80% will
be for me and my family to invest in your country. Now, all I want you to do
is to furnish me with your full addresses, your country of origin, your
personal phone and fax numbers, for further details regarding this
transaction. You can contact me on the above mail address an telephone
numbers.

Note:- that this transaction is risk free and 100% guaranteed based on the
fact that my late husband genuinely made this money out all on his own
through farming. Finally, please do not hesitate to indicate your interest
and your willinness so that I will not make further contacts regarding this
transfer.

Thanks and God bless.

With Lots Of Regards,

Mrs. Grace Kadimo

(For the family)

N.B. Please do not reply to this mail box. Contact me through my e-mail box
above.

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