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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.
• This email message is a "Zimbabwe" scam.
• 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.
  • jerrysmith_10097@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 00:53:33 -0800
Subject: Hello


Dear Sir,

You may be surprised to receive this message from me since you don't know me
in person, I am Mr. Jerry Smith a citizen of Zimbabwe living in south Africa
with my son Paul as a refugee, l inherited the sum of US$12M(Twelve Million
United States America Dollars) from my late Father which he deposited in a
private security company here in south Africa before he died, My late Father
was among the few black Zimbabwean rich farmers murdered in cold blood by
the agent of the ruling government of President ROBERT MUGABE, lf you listen
to international news CNN or BBC you will know what is happening in my
country Zimbabwe, please go into this website you will understand me
better http://www.rte.ie/news/2000
/0418/zimbabwe.html <http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0418/zimbabwe.html> .


I have gone through your profile and found you interesting as a partner who
l can trust to help me transfer this money out of South Africa. l am living
as a refugee l cannot transfer this money myself. Please do contact me on
the above email address, please do not write me on the site so it can be
private, write me on my private email above please.

I am willing to give you some commission, l will tell you more when l hear
from you, l also have a good friend of my late Father who is a financial
adviser here (bank manager) who promise to help me transfer this money bank
when l get somebody l trust, l will want you to be honest to me please that
is all l need from you.


I will send you my picture, my son picture my refugee l.d , so you can see
everything about me, l tell you more about this transaction when l get your
reply..You can contact me with my private email address
jerrysmith_10097@yahoo.com


I am waiting for your response
Regards.

Mr. Jerry Smith

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