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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:
  • "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)
• 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.
  • mrs.vickymusa@yahoo.co.in (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: musa hassan <hasmusa@web.de>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:06:29 +0200
Subject: FROM HASSAN MUSA


From: Mr.Hassan Brim Musa
Sir,=20
=20
REQUEST FOR HELP AND ASSISTANCE

Don't be surprised to receive this letter from me since you don't know me =
in person. I am Mr.Maxwell Vivivan from Zimbabwe the first Son of Mr. Musa=
Maxwell who was murdered in the land dispute in Zimbabwe by the agents of=
the ruling government of President ROBERT MUGABE, you must have heard his=
alleged support and sympathy for the opposition MDC PARTY led by Mr Morga=
n former Zimbabwe Labour Union Leader=20
My Father was among the few black Zimbabwean rich farmers murdered in cold=
blood by the war veterans backed by the government. Before the death of m=
y Father, he deposited the sum of US$21M (Twenty One Million United State =
Dollars) with one of the security companies in South Africa, as if he knew=
the looming danger in Zimbabwe. The money was deposited as a gem and prec=
ious stones to avoid much attraction & demurrage from the security firm. T=
he money was earmarked for the purchase of new lands and machineries for t=
he establishment of new farms in Lesotho and Swaziland before the regrette=
d incident.=20

This Land problem arose in 2000 when President Robert Mugabe introduced a =
new land act reform policies, which wholly affected the white farmers and =
some few black farmers. This resulted to rampart killing and Mob actions t=
hat took the life of my father and others.=20
After the death of my father, me and my mother left for South Africa, to s=
eek for Asylum ,which have not been beneficial to us; I have decided to tr=
ansfer this money to a foreign country where we can invest it. I am faced =
with the dilemma of investing this amount of money in South Africa for fea=
r of encountering the same experience in future since both countries have =
the same political background,couppled with the recent attacks to foreigne=
rs.=20
I am contacting you to see if you will be able to assist and help me trans=
fer this money to your Country. I and my family has agreed to give you 15%=
of the money, 5% will be mapped out for all expenses that may be incurred=
during the transfer and 80% will be for me to investment in your country.=
=20
Therefore if you are willing and interested to render this humanly needed =
assistance, please contact me back through my email or marksonvivian@hotma=
il.com or through my mother'email:mrs.vickymusa@yahoo.co.in with all your =
detailed information. Remember, this is highly confidential and the succes=
s of this business depends on how secret it is kept.=20
Expecting your reply soonest.=20

Best regards,=20
Mr. Maxwell Vivian
Tel+0027783904438
(For the family)




=09
Jeden Monat 1 hochkar=E4tiger maxdome-Blockbuster GRATIS!=20
Exklusiv f=FCr alle WEB.DE Nutzer. *http://www.blockbuster.web.de* [http://w=
ww.blockbuster.web.de]

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