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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)
  • "hundred thousand us 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)
  • "00,000.00" (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 highly confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "i got your address from " (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • albert_myson_zuma@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Juliet Zuma <juliet_zuma_21zy@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:07:51 +0000
Subject: I NEED INTERNATIONAL PARTNER





FROM:MRS.JULIET ZUMA,N0.4567, SAND TON
AVENUE,JOHANNESBURGSOUTH AFRICA. Attention: Dear
Sir/Madam, You may be surprised to receive this strange letter
from me. I am Mrs.Juliet Zuma, the wife
of Mr. John Zuma of Zimbabwe.I got your address from an internet web site. After due consideration from your
profile, I became aware and assured of
your credibility to help me. My husband was among the rich black farmers in
Zimbabwe who were murdered in cold blood
by the agent of the ruling government of president Robert Mugabe because my husband was against the method adopted by
the government on new land reform act that wholly affected the
white
farmers in Zimbabwe. Before the Invasion,
my husband took me to South Aferica as if he foresaw the looming danger in Zimbabwe and deposited
US$11,400,000.00 (Eleven million, four
hundred thousand US dollars) with a security and financial company in
South Africa. Please verify the
information I have given you on this web site
:http://www.newzimbabwe.com/.This money was for buying farm lands in
Lesotho, Swaziland, and also machinery
for the farm. Heads of government from western world, especially
Britain and
The U.S.A, have voiced
their condemnation against Mugabe's new land reform act. It is against this background that my family has mandated me
to seek assistance to transfer this money
to a foreign account for investment purposes. Presently, I am residing in South Africa as an asylum
seeker.However, I cannot invest this money here in South
Africa because Zimbabwe and South Africa
are close countries and have almost the same political history. And with the financial
laws of South Africa, as an asylum seeker, I have no right to own or open a bank account in my name here in
South Africa. From the above, you can
understand that my entire life and family's future depends on this money. I shall be grateful if you can
assist me transfer this money out of
South Africa into your company or personal account for investment purposes as my next of kin and my Late
husband's businesspartner. Please note that this transaction is 100% risk free,
and for your effort, I am prepared to
offer you 20% of the total sum. Also, I have decided to use 5% of this money to settle any expenses you may incure
during the process of this transfer. The
balance I intended to invest in a profitable venture inyour country or
anywhere you may advice. The major thing I expect from you is absolute assurance that this money will be safe
when transferred to your account. But if you don,t want me to offer you 20% What will be
your percentage for assisting us?
Therefore if you accept to assist my family, we are willing to accept any reasonable condition you may deem
necessary, and we can as well go into
partnership business with you. Please reply immediately to facilitate immediate action toward the transaction,
Remember this business is highly
confidential and shall be kept within you alone and My Dear you can reply to my son private Email Address (
albert_myson_zuma@yahoo.co.uk ) for
security reason thanks and try to kept this transaction confidential
also. PLEASE YOU CAN READ
ABOUT PROBLEMS IN ZIMBABWE FROM THE LINKS BELOW. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/918781.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/715001.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1063785.stm Please Forward to me
your particulars as follows...1. Beneficiary full name and address2. Direct Telephone
and fax numbers3. Nationality and Date of birth4.
Gender/sex Best Regard Yours sincerelyJuliet Zuma
[mrs].
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