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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)
  • "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
  • "stay blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• 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.
  • sese.zugulu1@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: sese zugulu <sesezzzugulu4@live.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:33:04 +0000
Subject: WE NEED YOUR HELP





Dear
Sir/Madam,



Am SESE ZUGULU a Zimbabwean citizen presently taking refugee in

GHANA
. Due to crises in my country coupled with the assassination of

my late father MR. DESMOND ZUGULU who was killed by PRESIDENT ROBERT

MUGABE war veteran association who are calling for the white

collection of farm land from all white settlers which is wrong.



My father due to his stand over these issues fell out with the ruling

party of PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE. Now my mother and my kid sister had

to flee from our country to find refuge here in GHANA. Before the

death of my father he was a major dealer of Diamond and Merchandise

.He secretly moved these funds acquired from various sales in two

trunk-boxes and deposited it in a security deposit company in Ghana.

But at the time of deposit he told the security company that it is

family valuables that are contained in the boxes. The total amount

contained in the two boxes is $20 MILLION USD. Unknowingly to the

security company. Please I want you to know that when my father heard

of the plot by ROBERT MUGABE to kill him, he instructed the security

company in Ghana to move the
boxes containing the money to AMERICA
by

DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERVICE.



But unfortunately my father could not escape out of ZIMBABWE he was

eventually killed, though he could not claim the boxes before his

untimely death. The boxes is presently in AMERICA under the care of

the DIPLOMAT that moved it to AMERICA is in the care of the

diplomatic shipping company that take it to AMERICA but the DIPLOMAT

or the CUSTOMS don't know that it is money that is in the boxes. We

have all the vital documents with us, We need a trust worthy God

fearing and experience person that will help us to invest this money

in his country and take us as one family and will also buy a house for

us over there where we can live safely.



YOU CAN READ FROM THE WEBSITE ABOUT THE PROBLEMS IN ZIMBABWE.

http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/africa/05/03/zimbabwe.01/index.html



If you are interested please send me your,



1,Full names,



2,private Telephone and Fax number.



3,current residential address,



To my Private Email: sese.zugulu1@gmail.com



send me your fax number so I can fax all vital documents regarding to

this transaction, We are prepared to give you 20% of the money for that

assistance. We are expecting to hear from you. Waiting you for your

anticipated cooperation, Stay blessed.



SESE ZUGULU.

FOR THE FAMILY


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