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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:
  • "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
  • "million united state 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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +27866051000 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • johnm2090@hotmail.com
  • mkhumalo_003@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "John Morgan" <jmmazitextile@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:34:28 +0200
Subject: READ IT: TRANSACTION PROPOSAL [JOHN MAZIBUKO - Mazi Textile]


FROM: JOHN MAZIBUKO
FAX: +2786-605-1000
PRIVATE E-MAIL:
johnm2090@hotmail.com<http://us.f501.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=mkhumalo_003@yahoo.co.uk&YY=24428&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b>

Dear Sir,

You may be surprised to receive this message from me since you do not know
me in person but for the purpose of introduction, my name is JOHN MAZIBUKO
the son of late MR. BORDER D MAZIBUKO who was murdered in Zimbabwe during
the 2006 land dispute crisis headed by President Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF.

I got your contact details from the S.A.I.E (SOUTH AFRICA INFORMATION
EXCHANGE) here in Johannesburg and decided to contact you for a mutual
family fund transfer worth *U$17.Million- [SEVENTEEN MILLION UNITED STATE
DOLLARS].* If you are willing to assist us confidently to receive this fund
safely in your bank account, I and my family have agreed to give you 30% of
the total fund as benefit. My late father was among the few black Zimbabwean
rich farmers murdered by the agents of the ruling government, President
ROBERT MUGABE in 2006 for their alleged support to opposition party (MDC -
MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE IN ZIMBABWE) headed by MR. MORGAN TSVANGIRAI.


After the death of my father, I and my mother and little sister moved down
to South Africa as a family where we are presently residing as political
asylum seekers *(372 Jan Smut Avenue, Craighall Park, JOHANNESBURG). *Since
we are residing in South Africa as political asylum seekers, we are
restricted the legal right to carry out any fund transaction exceeding
USD$2000 due to our political residence in the country. As a result of these
barriers, my mother and I completely decided to transfer the inherited funds
to a foreign bank account in order for us to move over to Europe for a
better investment opportunity.

Now, we took our time to search for a reliable and reputable
individual/company who can assist us before I decide to contact you. You are
the only person I have contact on this, and I believe that you will not let
us down due to the top confidentiality required from us because the life and
future of my family depends on the safety of this fund.

All we require from you, is for us to present you before the bank of South
Africa as our foreign investment partner so as the bank can authorize to
transfer the funds into your bank in your country as the fund Beneficiary on
our behalf (i.e. international account holder). By so doing, we shall first
establish a CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP with the Security Company keeping the fund
and other legal document of the fund unto your name as the beneficiary. By
so doing, the bank will approve and allow international transfer to you
since you are presented as an international beneficiary/partner.

As soon as the fund is successfully transferred and arrives into your bank
account, I and my family will arrange to meet you physically for further
arrangements.

Kindly contact me so as we can discuss if possible. Also bear in mind that
this transaction is 100% risk free as it has no relation to Money
Laundering, Drug Trafficking, Fraud or any illicit origin. The fund was
preserved as INHERIT FUND by my late father on my name.

Thank you very much and I look forward to your reply. My mother and I have
agreed to give you 30% of the fund as reward.

Best Regard,

JOHN MAZIBUKO

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