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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 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 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.
  • emailmrsevelynkosi@gmail.com
  • mrsevelynkosi@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3amrsevelynkosi@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "mrs evelyn nkosi" <mrsevelynkosi@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:10:56 -0800
Subject: waiting for your reply


*FROM MRS.EVELYN NKOSI*
*REFUGEE CAMP*
*ONITSHA ANAMBARA STATE NIG.
EMAILmrsevelynkosi@gmail.com*
*STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
Attn: Sir,

My name is Mrs. evelyn nkosi, the wife of Mr. VUSSY NKOSI of ZIMBABWE.
so,during the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supports
of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white-owned farms to his
party members and his followers, he ordered all white farmers to surrender
all their farms to his party members and his followers.

My Husband is one of the best and richest black farmers in our country and
because he did not support Mugabe's ideas, Mugabe's supporters invaded my
husband's farm and burnt everything in the farm, killing my husband and made
away with a lot of items in my husband's farm. Before his death, my Husband
had deposited with one of the Security Company in NIGERIA the sum of US$3. 5
Million (THREE Million Five Hundred Thousand United StatesDollars] as family
treature,and made every documents with my name both the certificate of
depository.
Then After the death of my Husband, we decided to move to the Republic of
NIGERIA where he had deposited the money in the Security Company as
valuables.*
*So, I decided to contact overseas firm and companies that will assist me to
move this money out of NIGERIA because as asylum seekers we are not
allowed to operate any bank account within NIGERIA. We have agreed
to offer you 30% of the total sum for your assistance, 10% will be mapped
out for any expenses that may be incurred in the course of this transaction
and 60% will be for me and my family to invest in your country.
All I want you to do is to furnish me with your personal phone and fax
numbers
for easy communication. You can contact me on the
Email:mrsevelynkosi@gmail.com <Email%3Amrsevelynkosi@gmail.com>*
*Note:that this transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely confidential.
Thanks and God bless.
Regards,
Mrs. Evelyn Nkosi
mrsevelynkosi@gmail.com*

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