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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:
  • "search for a reliable person" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
  • "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "very 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)
• 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.
  • +27736678445 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Request for urgent assistance <rose_mary_zuma@live.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:52:27 +0200
Subject: Request for urgent assistance


From: Mrs. Rosemary Border Zuma
Tel: +27 736 678 445Private Email: rose=5Fmary=5Fzuma@live.com [mailto:rose=5Fma=
ry=5Fzuma@live.com]Johannesburg , South Africa ATTN: SIR/MADAM, WE ARE REQUE=
STING FOR YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE Please do not be embarrassed to receive t=
his mail especially since we dont know each other or meet in person before=
. I was opportune to have your esteemed particulars from South Africa Info=
rmation Exchange (S.A.I.E.), in my search for a reliable person to handle =
a very confidential transaction, which involve a transfer of fund to a for=
eign account. My concern has centered on how I could transfer my late husb=
ands money amounting to US$25.5 Million (Twenty-Five Million Five Hundred =
Thousand United States Dollars) out of South Africa for a better investmen=
t abroad. I am Mrs. Rosemary Border Zuma, the wife of late Mr. Border Zuma=
; My husband was the former Zimbabwean Minister for youth, gender and Empl=
oyment creation. While alive, my husband stood against seizure of white fa=
rms and the distribution of it to the blacks without compensation to the w=
hite owners. Because of my husband's sincerity, he was killed by a planned=
motor accident along Harare-Masvingo Road near Mvuma Province of Zimbabwe=
. Before his untimely death, my husband told me some few weeks earlier tha=
t he kept one diplomatic box with a private finance and Security Company i=
n Johannesburg, South Africa which contains US$25.5 Million (Twenty-Five M=
illion Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). He warned that he onl=
y declared the contents of the diplomatic box to the Security Company as a=
family treasure/ values, with insurance values of the said amount. He als=
o told me that he used the name of our son Benson Border Zuma as the benef=
iciary of this money being his only child. The original document that show=
s the Deed of lodge, Proof of Deposit, and Depository Agreement between my=
late husband and the Management of the Security Company was kept with the=
reputable South African Lawyer. Because of South African Financial Law, w=
hich bared asylum seeker/ refugee like us to operate an account that excee=
d US$1000 and fear of the amount involved, I decided to write to you to se=
ek your help for this money to be transferred into your companys or person=
al bank account for our future investment in your country. I am presently =
sick with HIGH BLOOD PRESURE, and was admitted in the hospital for treatme=
nt. So, I will please ask you call my son as soon as you receive this lett=
er for more details concerning this transfer transaction. Please give us y=
our direct phone and fax numbers, which will allow an easy communication b=
efore or after transferring the money into your bank account. I want to as=
sure you also that this transaction is 100% risk free. As for your reward =
for this kind assistance, we are ready to offer you 20% of the total sum w=
hile 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred in the course of the tran=
saction. Please find below how I want you to help me and my son. 1). YOU A=
RE REQUIRED TO COME DOWN TO SOUTH AFRICA TO HELP US CLEAR THE OUT-
STANDING DEMURRAGE FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY. 2). UPON YOUR ARRIVAL HERE I=
N SOUTH AFRICA , YOU WILL OPEN A NON-RESIDENT
DOLLAR ACCOUNT IN YOUR NAME WHERE THE TOTAL MONEY WILL BE DEPOSITED FIRST =
FOR
ONWARD TRANSFER TO YOUR OVERSEAS ACCOUNT. 3). WE ALSO NEED YOUR INTERNATIO=
NAL PASSPORT COPY, THAT WILL ENABLE US=20
MAKE THE CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE IN YOUR NAME AS THE BENEFICIARY O=
F THIS
FUND,WHICH WILL SEND TO YOU AND TO ENABLE THE SECURITY COMPANY RELEASE THE=
BOX
TO US AS SOON AS YOU ARE HERE FOR COMPLETION. 4). YOUR FULL NAMES AND RESI=
DENTIAL ADDRESS. 5). PLEASE WHAT IS YOUR AGE AND OCCUPATION=3F THIS IS TO KN=
OW IF YOU ARE CAPABLE
TO HANDLE THIS TRANSACTION FOR US, AS WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LOOSE THIS MONEY=
. 6). ALL YOUR EXPENSES WILL BE GIVING BACK TO YOU AS SOON AS WE CLEAR THE=
BOX
UPON YOUR ARRIVAL. If you are willing to help my son, and me please try as=
soon as possible to get back to me through the above private telephone an=
d e-mail. Please, I do hope that this money will be safe when finally tran=
sferred into your bank account. I
do hope of establishing a good relationship with you and your family after=
this transaction. God bless you and your family while waiting to hear fro=
m you urgently. Yours Sincerely,Mrs. Rosemary Border Zuma & Son (Henry Bor=
der Zuma)
(For the family)
Email: rose=5Fmary=5Fzuma@live.com [mailto:rose=5Fmary=5Fzuma@live.com]Tel: +27 73=
6 678 445 NB/PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE WILL NEVER LEAVE TO HAVE PEACE FOR KI=
LLING MY HUSBAND.
THAT IS MY PRAYER TODAY IN THE HOSPITAL.


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