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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "huge sum of money" (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)
  • "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)
  • "your humble assistance" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan 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.
  • davidgonzalezfarmilys@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3adavidgonzalezfarmilys@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "david david" <dzale6@torba.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:15:47 +0200
Subject: DAVID GONZALEZ


DAVID GONZALEZ
REFUGEE CAMP, SOUTH AFRICA
Email:davidgonzalezfarmilys@yahoo.com<Email%3Adavidgonzalezfarmilys@yahoo.com>

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE

You will be surprised to read from me, but please consider this letter as a
genuine request from a
family in dire need of your humble assistance.Firstly,I must introduce
myself, I am Mr David
Gonzalez from Angola.I am the first and the only son of Brigadier Josef
Gonzalez, presently residing in
South Africa.I know I got your contact from a business Directory in
Johannesburg chamber of commerce and industry. On
behalf my widowed mother Mrs Beatrice Gonzalez, I decided to solicit for
your assistance to transfer the
sum of US$25.5M [TWENTY FIVE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES
DOLLARS] I inherited from my
late father into your personal account.Though, before his death my father
was a brigadier in chare of arms and ammunition procurement for the
Angola Army.In his 93 WIIL he specifically drew my attention to the sum of
US$25.5M, which he deposited in a safe deposit box with a security company
in
Johannesburg South Africa, as a treasure box fully,documented in my name
[David Gonzalez]. In fact, my
father stated and quotes;

My dear son, I wish to draw your attention to the sum ofUS25.5M [Twenty Five
million, Five hundred thousand
united states Dollars].I deposited the box containing the funds in a
security company in Johannesburg South
Africa. During the war, I was very dedicated and committed to winning the
war against the rebels UNITA,
Until I found out that senior Army officers and Government functionaries
were busy helping themselves
with government funds and properties and sending them to foreign countries.

Due to this, when I and my former special Advisor to the president
[PRESIDENT EDUARDO SANTOS] TO PURCHASE
arms in South Africa, we saw this as a golden opportunity, and we diverted
the money and divided
the money of which my share was US$25.5MILLION. In the event of my absence
on earth,as a result of death,
you should solicit for the funds for investment purposes.

>From the above, you will understand that the lives and future of my family
depend on this money, as such I
will be grateful if you can assists us. We are now living in South Africa as
political asylum seekers and
the Financial law and Regulations of the Republic of South Africa do not
permit us financial rights to such
huge sum of money.

In view of this, I cannot invest the fund in South Africa, hence I am
prepared to offer you 25% of the
total amount, while 10% will be set aside for local and international
expenses and the remaining 65% is
for my family.

Finally, modalities on how the money will be transfer will be conveyed to
you once we have established trust
and confidence in each other. Please treat this matter as very urgent and
confidential.

Best Regards

DAVID GONZALEZ
[FOR THE FAMILY]

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