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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:
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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 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.
  • +27736834420 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: acculoto-group-int09@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:32:28 +0200
Subject: Greetings my Dear...


Greetings my Dear,

I am Mr. Accunor Lota. I am the former personal aide to the President of
Zimbabwe and leader of ZANU-PF "Mr. Robert Mugabe".

I am contacting you over this private/confidential matter based-on trust and
confidence I have that you will not jeopardize this secret.



There is about U.S$9,000,000.00 meant for the purchase of arms and
ammunitions that my colleagues and I have diverted. This action was taken
when the president instructed me to deliver the money to his private home in
central Harare .



I am against the political violence on white rich farmers and intimidation
of supporters of Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and its leader, Mr.
Morgan Tvangarai.



The fund has been moved out of Zimbabwe and I urgently need a foreign
partner or agent whose identity I can use to transfer the money.



If you are willing to assist, please contact me back immediately for more
details.



Thank you.
Accunor Lota.
Cell: +27 73 683 4420.

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