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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:
  • "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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "bobomarufu_16 Gazeta.pl" <bobomarufu_16@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: bobomarufu@live.co.uk
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 11:12:16 +0200
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL MATTER [FROM MR.BOBO MARUFU]


*FROM MR.BOBO MARUFU*

*Sir/Madam, *

*Thank you for giving me your time. Please be patient and read my email*

*My name is Mr. Bobo Marufu, the younger brother of Mrs. Grace Robert
Mugabe(The wife of Mr. President Robert G. Mugabe); I am contacting
you based on
the instructions given to me by my sister. This proposal must be very
confidential for us to work together. My sister has instructed me to look
for a foreign partner who will help us move investment fund of USD$40.600,
000 (Forty Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars) to an International Bank
Account that will be provided by you, for the benefit and future of her
three kids Bona, Robert Jr. and Chatunga, in case something goes wrong as he
have won the Presidential Election in Zimbabwe. I trust that the
safe-keeping of these funds will not be betrayed in any way.*

* This fund is deposited in one of the top security companies in South
Africa , and we require a foreign partner for further claims. I will furnish
you with the proof of deposit once you have indicated interest to assist us.
My sister is willing to reward you with 40% of the total fund for your
assistance. I must bring it to your attention that this is a very
"CONFIDENTIAL MATTER"*

*So if you are interested and capable to handle this Business, please come
up with the information's showed below:*

*1. Your Full Name:*

*2. Your Contact Cell Phone Number:*

*3. Your Age:*

*4. Your Sex:*

*5. Your Occupations:*

*6. Your Country And City:*

*So if You are willing to help please keep contact with me through my
Direct private Email address below.*

* Email:[bobomarufu@live.co.uk]*

*Thank you, hope to hear from you Soon.*

*Best regards*

*Mr.Bobo Marufu*

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