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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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +27761828105 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: theresa ndlovu <thndlo22@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <thndlovu@safe-mail.net>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 23:56:54 +0200
Subject: Hello!



Mrs Theresa Ndlovu, 28 Louise Botha Rd, Orange Grove,Johannesburg, South Africa. c/o Mr Abel Ndlovu. Tel:+27 761 828 105Attn; Dear MD/CEO, Hope this mail will find you in good health. My name is Mrs.Theresa Ndlovu, the wife of Mr. Ndlovu Johnson of Zimbabwe. This might be a surprise to you about where I got your contact address.I believe it is the wish of the almighty God that I am being directed to your person. During the current war against the white farmers in Zimbabwe from the supporters of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white-owned farmlands to his party members,war veterans and his followers, he ordered all white farmers to surrender all farms to his party members,war veterans and his followers. My husband was One of the best farmers in our country and because he did not support Mugabe’s ideas, Mugabe’s supporters invaded my husband`s farm and burnt everything in the farm, killing my husband and made away with a lot of items in our farm. Before his death, my husband had deposited with one of the Security Finance Company in Johannesburg, South Africa the sum of US$11.5 (ELEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS). After the death of my husband, we decided to move to the Republic of South Africa where he had deposited the money in the Security Company with code as “family valuables only. So I decided to contact an oversea firm or company that will assist me to move this money out of South Africa because as asylum seekers we are not allowed to operate any Bank Account within South Africa.Just contact my son, Abel so that he can equip you with the whole information because the entire family has handed over to him everything regarding this transaction.We have agreed to offer you 15% of the total sum for your assistance, 5% will be mapped out for any expenses that may be incurred in the course of this transaction while 80% will be for me and my family 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 Best regards Mrs. Theresa Ndlovu. (for the family)
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