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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:
  • "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. )
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a "Zimbabwe" 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.
  • ricban11@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "James Bennett" <jabe1@ldsliving.com>
Reply-To: ric_ban111@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:16:56 +0100
Subject: Subject: Urgent Attention!!!!


Subject: Urgent Attention!!!!
From: Mr. James Bennett

Dear Sir/Ma,

My name is Mr. James K. Bennett, a political activist and a businessman. I
am a member of my party's executive committee Movement for Democratic Change
(MDC) of Zimbabwe.

During the current war against the political opposition group in Zimbabwe,
President Robert Mugabe and his supporters are making every concerted effort
and we were harassed by the state for helping the opposition. Many
businessmen who supported the party fled to South Africa and Europe
(Britain) which his (Robert Mugabe) currently sizeing every properties of
the opposition group and giving them to his party members and his followers
and he has publicly ordered all opposition group (MDC) to surrender all
their belongings to his party members and his followers.

I am One of the executive member of the MDC party in our country and
because I did not support Mugabes ideas, Mugabes supports invaded my house
and burnt everything in the house, killing my wife and made away with a lot
of items.

I had to run for my life and currently now in Europe were i am seeking
asylum. I write to inform and ask you to assist me claim a deposited fund
with Security Company in Europe the sum of US$35.5MILLION (THIRTY- FIVE
MILLION FIVE HUNDERD THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS).This fund came as a
donations from West Africa countries, Eurpean and American countries to the
MDC party. Presently President Robert Mugabe's administration passed laws
making it illegal for political parties to receive foreign funding, so we
decided to move the fund to europe through a Security Company as valuables.

So we decided to contact overseas (You) firm and companies that will assist
us to move this money out of the security vault because as asylum seekers
we are not allowed to operate any Bank Account within europe.

We have agreed to offer you 15% 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 while 75% will be for me and my party members to invest in
your country.

All I want you to do is to furnish me with your entire personal phone and
fax numbers for easy communication.

Note that this transaction is 100% Risk free and absolutely confidential.

Thanks and God bless.

Mr. James K. Bennett
Private email: ricban11@yahoo.com.hk

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