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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:
  • "the consignment" (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)
  • "million 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)
• 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.
  • +27730339722 (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.
  • 3dzumanelson2006@yahoo.com
  • zumanelson33@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3dzumanelson33@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: MR ZUMA NELSON <zumanelson33@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:31:07 +0200
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL


Absa Bank Of South Africa Corporate Head Office,Braanmfotien, Johannesburg=
, South Africa,Tel: +27-73-033-9722 [http://us.mc566.mail.yahoo.com/mc/com=
pose=3Fto=3Dzumanelson2006@yahoo.com] STRICTLY FOR YOU AND URGENT REPLY NEEDED=
! ATTEN: MANAGING DIRECTOR/CEO, This letter was first sent to you but unti=
l now, I have not heard from you. I am quite sure that this mail will surp=
rise you since I have not been having previous correspondences with you. M=
y Name Is ZUMA NELSON(MR), The Bank Manager Of The Above Named Bank. I hav=
e A Good Business Proposition for You Which I Know by That, By the Special=
Grace of God Will Be Beneficial to You. Firstly Before I Proceed, I Have =
To assure you that This Mail is neither Junk, Illusion nor Mere Imaginatio=
n, But Practically Achievable if Given Your Maximum Support and Co-operati=
on. In June 1994, Mr. Paul Anderson An American Civil Engineer With The So=
uthern African Institute Of Steel Construction, (Saisco) Deposited the Sum=
Of $35 million us dollars with our bank on a three year fixed deposit bas=
is. With his Son Mr. Greg Anderson registered as the Next Of Kin / Benefic=
iary to the account. After the three years expired, Mr. Paul Anderson was =
not seen nor heard from even the son who is the beneficiary, nothing was h=
eard from him. So I decided to roll it over. Since Then it has been rollin=
g over .I have Sent Mails, Faxes to His Numbers and Addresses Given Still =
No Response. I was forced to contact The (Saisco) He has been working with=
but was surprised to hear that he and the son died in an auto crash just =
a year after he deposited the money with us. May his soul rest in Peace=3F T=
he South African law states that, In cases like this, The money should be =
returned to the Government account. I am seriously against returning this =
old Mans Sweat to the Govt. Account, Because One of the Officials will ste=
al this money from the Govt. Account, so I have decided to divert this mon=
ey to my Own Private Use. Already I have used my Good Contact to withdraw =
this money & transfer it to South African Reserve Bank for smooth and succ=
essful transfer of the fund. I am writing for you to assist me in Safekeep=
ing of this money as well as for investment purposes. You are to take 30% =
of the total Sum for Your assistance, 5% to take care of all the expenses =
incurred during this transaction, while the remaining will be for my Inves=
tment in your Country. On receipt of your acceptance letter, and a mutual =
agreement is reached between us, I will send to you all the vital document=
s relevant to this transaction to enable you claim the consignment of mone=
y On delivery. Anticipating your urgent and favorable response to this bus=
iness proposition. Please I am counting on you. Best Regards, ZUMA NELSON(=
MR).reply me with this my private email address zumanelson33@yahoo.com [ht=
tp://us.mc566.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose=3Fto=3Dzumanelson33@yahoo.com]


=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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