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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:
  • "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. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • +27837546581 (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.
  • moseszuma@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • emailmoseszuma@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: moses zuma <moseszuma08@hotmail.it>
Reply-To: <moseszuma@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:52:18 +0100
Subject: UREGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED



JOHANNESBURG / SOUTH AFRICA HO6B RIVONIA/ROAD SANDTON.
Tel:+27-83-7546-581
Email MOSESZUMA@HOTMAIL.COM
UREGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED
With due respect, trust and humility I write this letter to you seeking your help and assistance though it’s difficult since we have not met before. I got your good contact from the computer various regarding your profile and sincerity; I believe that you are capable and reliable in handling this urgent international transaction of this nature. I am Mr.moseszuma the elder son of Dennis zuma, the Former Zimbabwean personal assistance to Minister of Information (Jonathan Moyo), in the Zimbabwean political arena. My Father was the famous politician who stood firm against President Mugabe’s idea of continuous fight in Democratic Republic of Congo and my father also stood against seizure of white farms and the distribution of it to the blacks without compensation to the owners.
Because of my father’s sincerity he was killed on the 14th April 2001 by a planned motor accident along Mashonaland in Western Mashona province of Zimbabwe, The planners of the accident are said to be dissident’s soldiers occurred suspected to have the backing of the government and President Mugabe. when this Accident occurred at about 10:15 am Zimbabwean time my father did not die on the spot rather he was rushed to Harare hospital by unknown soldiers and my father Managed to sneak a written message to us, explaining his condition concerning one diplomatic box containing the sum of US$20Million (Twenty Million United States Dallers ) he deposited in a vault of a security company in South Africa due to the crisis in our country and other vital documents which Was meant for his political campaign in the election June 2002. He instructed me to take my brother and younger sister and leave Zimbabwe immediately for our safety, which we successfully did and now we are in South Africa with the original documents of deposit intact. Because of the country existing law, which bears asylum seekers /refugee like us to operate an account that exceed US$2000.00 and the fear of money not raising eyebrows here in South Africa, I decided to write to you seek for your help for this money to be transferred into your private bank account as all arrangements for a hitch free transfer have been fully taken care of. I want to assure you also that this transaction is 100% risk free as no other person knows this except my younger brother and I., as for your reward kind Assistance we have resolved to give you 20% of the total amount; we planned to invest the rest of the money in your country under your guidance. If you are willing to help us try as much as possible to reach me with the above email:(Emailmoseszuma@hotmail.com) to enable us proceed in earnest
towards concluding all transaction. Bear in mind that our lives depend on this fund and we do hope that this money will be safe when finally transferred into your account. I do hope of establishing a rewarding and good relationship with you and your family after this transaction. Hoping to hear from you as soon as possible.
Thanks you as i wait for your positive Reply moseszuma best regards
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