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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:
  • "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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Joy Gezi" <joygezi@live.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:07:24 +0200
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE


FROM: MRS. JOY GEZI. HARARE ZIMBABWEAN. I NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE Good day, =
This letter may appear a bit surprising to you but very beneficial as a ma=
tter of urgency, i am desperately widow looking for a foreign partner whom=
i can trust to handle some investment or fund movement for my family. I a=
m Mrs. JOY GEZI, the wife of late Mr. PETER .M.GEZI, who was murdered by t=
he Zimbabwean veterans and irrate Black people. I am writing from Zimbabwe=
an. I got your email address through the courtesy of one of the consultanc=
y directory during my search for a reliable and honest person to transact =
this business with. I write to solicit for your special assistance to a fa=
mily shattered by a tyrannical government led by a dictator and his (ZANU-=
PF) ruling party-president Robert Mugabe. On the 29th of June 2000,the war=
veterans take place in Zimbabwean, because of land Properties and farm la=
nd crisis in Zimbabwe, the government secretly sponsored the war veterans =
and some irate party members to disposes the land being occupied by white =
farmers. This action has led to the killing of some members of opposition =
party including my husband (MR.PETER.MOLOMBA.GEZI).But before the death of=
my husband, he anticipated some dangers and so he deposited the sum of US=
$15.4m(Fifteen million four hundred Thousand United States Dollars)in the =
name of our only son FRANCIS GEZI,with the help of reputable security comp=
any in south Africa with the intention of using it to open fertilizer manu=
facturing company among other companies in our neighboring country(Swazila=
nd) after his university education. On the 19th of May 2004, some supporte=
rs of (ZANU-PF) ruling party trooped into our compound and axed him (my hu=
sband) to death. Since then, they have been terrorizing my only son Franci=
s Gezi,but I managed to escape him with the help of our family lawyer here=
in Zimbabwe to a neighboring country, South Africa were he is resident no=
w as a political asylum seeker(Refugee).But his position in South Africa d=
oes not permit him to operate with the bank or run any financial business.=
That is why I want this fund to be transferred into your private account =
so that you will assist him to invest it in your country. If you agree to =
assist us, we will offer you 25% of the total money for your assistance, W=
hile 5% will be mapped out for any expenses that may be incurred in the co=
urse of this transaction.70% will be for our family investment in your cou=
ntry through your assistance and directive. I need your urgent and confide=
ntial response. Please contact my son Francis Gezi in South Africa for the=
details of the transfer through this contact information Telephone Number=
00 27 735-532-001 or email address : ( francisgezi@live.com [mailto:franc=
isgezi@live.com]). Upon your immediate response, he will immediately arran=
ge and send to you All the information's that will empower your good self =
in finalizing the transaction with the security company there in south Afr=
ica, he will also send to you the agreement that will protect both interes=
t. And also further information about yourself is necessary for I can not =
play on this. Waiting for your prompt and positive response. Best regards,=
Mrs. Joy Gezi. (For the Family). For the clear picture of my story i will=
like you to go through this link below: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/=
africa/918781.stm [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/918781.stm]. ht=
tp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/715001.stm [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/=
hi/world/africa/715001.stm].http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/106378=
5.stm [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1063785.stm]=20


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