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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • bowetopeter@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • ter@yahoo.fr
  • 3dbowetopeter@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: From Peter Boweto <bowetopeter@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:06:56 +0200
Subject: THANKS AND BE BLESS FOR YOUR REPLY




FROM PETER BOWETO,=20
EMAIL: bowetopeter@yahoo.fr [http://mail.google.com/mc/compose=3Fto=3Dbowetope=
ter@yahoo.fr]=20
122 NELSON MANDELA SQUARE,=20
SANTON JOHANNESBURG=20
SOUTH AFRICA=20
Dear Friend,=20


Having obtained your contact from the internet that you deserve trust, cou=
pled with my deep interest to invest in your country, I decided to contact=
and solicit your mutual assistance at all cost.=20


Please accept my apology if this e-mail is embarrassing as you dont know m=
e. My mother and I are in need of urgent assistance. I am MR PETER BOWETO,=
the son of Sir, DAVID BOWETO of Zimbabwe. During the current crises again=
st farmers in Zimbabwe and from the support of our president ROBERT MUGABE=
to claim all the white owned farms in our country.=20


All the white farmers where ordered to surrender their farms to his party =
members, My father who was one of the best farmers in our country did not =
support his idea, And so the party members invaded my father's farms and b=
urnt everything in the farm, and my father was beaten up by this evil men =
and made away with a lot of properties in my father's farm company And the=
tension was so much on him he was rushed to a SPECIALIT HOSPITAL in South=
Africa along with me and my mother and my sister we move out of Zimbabwe =
because our lives were in danger, and after much distress my beloved fathe=
r died here in South Africa.=20


But before then, my father handed over to my mother a proof of deposit sli=
p/Agreement and some documents which was made between him and a SECURITY/F=
INANCE COMPANY PTY LTD here in South Africa on which he deposited the sum =
of $26M (TWENTY SIX MILLION UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DOLLAR)=20


This money was raised by his farmer's group for the purchasing of farming =
equipments/machineries before the land dispute Rose. So we decide to make =
contact with an overseas person, who will assist us to transfe this money =
out of South Africa, we want to be there in your country. we are here as r=
efugee and our status doesnt allow us to stand for the fund for transfer, =
I want you to stand as my fathers beneficiary, and with the help of my fat=
hers financial attorney this transfer is going to be fast and easy.=20


Note that for your time and help 25% of this fund is yours and 5% of the f=
und is for any expenses incurred both locally and internationally in the c=
ourse of this transfer and the remaining 70% is for me and my family to st=
art up business in your country with your support. When you reply I will t=
ell you things you need to do. EMAIL: bowetopeter@yahoo.fr [http://mail.go=
ogle.com/mc/compose=3Fto=3Dbowetopeter@yahoo.fr]=20


THANKS AND BE BLESS FOR YOUR REPLY=20
PETER BOWETO=20
[On behalf of the family)=20


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