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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • ",000,000" (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)
• 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.
  • +6285710453442 (Indonesia, probably a mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Sandanathi Gwina <sandanathi.qwina@gmail.com>
Reply-To: sandanathi.qwina@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:31:55 +0700
Subject: Request for expression of interest


Dear Friend,
This email may appear as a surprise package to you, considering the fact that =
we are not previously known to each other, but you need not bother because =
of my choice of this medium.
I am Mr.Sandanathi Gwina managing director of African Legal,a specialised =
division of Deneys Reitz Inc.South Africa.As a seamless part of the Deneys =
Reitz's services,African Legal provides complete commercial/ legal advisory =
services to discriminating high networth individuals and corporations,around =
the world. African Legal are a specialised and respectful law firm which =
deals with individual fund deposit management in an efficient way with the =
basic criterion of maintaining client's confidentiality.
I want to use this medium to make a discreet business offer involving the =
sum of Six Million [$6,000,000.00]Dollars,domicile in an International =
banking account. These fund represented proceeds from varied investments of =
my clien[name withheld],in Zimbabwe and South Africa. The fund was deposited =
in the bank account,to be administered by African Legal in a major equity =
transaction in Indonesia,before his untimely death.My client untill his =
death,did not leave a will and have no surviving relations in South Africa =
and Indonesia.
Strict statutory provisions on intestate succession,mandates that the =
property of a deceased who have no living survivors be forfeited to the =
municipal or federal authority and administered through public trustee.This =
informed my decision to request to present you as a collateral relative of =
the deceased and the concurrent next of kin.As the legal representative to =
the deceased,i have all the necessary background information and document =
needed to facilitate your confirmation as the beneficiary of the fund.
Should this proposition meet your interest,don't hesitate to contact me with =
the information below for private consultation:
sandanathin.qwina@yahoo.cuk
+6285710453442
Yours,
Mr.Sandanathi Gwina

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