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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:
  • "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• 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.
  • mkvision@mighty.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 02:23:49 -0800
Subject: FOR YOUR PERUSAL


I am Mrs Regina Nkuna, a Zimbabwean and the widow of Late Chief
Nkuna, a farmer and former High Chief of Bulawayo Town in Zimbabwe. I write
on behalf of my family to inquire if you are available and have the facility
to assist my family undertake some capital investment in your country.

It will be necessary to inform you that the funds intended for
capitalization of the investments are presently in the custody of a private
Security Company here in Johannesburg South Africa, which will require to
transfer out of South Africa for the said investment purposes.

You may have heard of the crisis in Zimbabwe orchestrated by the
unprecedented “LAND USE ACT†of the government of Robert Mugabe in which
his government has arbitrarily reclaimed and acquired all farm lands owned
by white farmers in the country. This has caused serious historical
displacement of the white folks who are known to be the country’s main
farmers. The ensuing struggles and strife have brought about the killing and
imprisonment of thousands of these white farm owners by the ruthless
government force designated to enforce this new order.

My husband, in his good will and capacity as a High Chief of Bulawayo Town,
joined the international community in condemning and speaking out against
this uncivilized and bizarre policy of Robert Mugabe’s government. As a
result of my husband’s firm and upright position on this matter, a group
of assailants suspected to be government sympathizers attacked and killed my
husband in cold blood in March last year.

Seeing that the entire Nkuna's family was in serious threat of extinction,
we immediately fled Zimbabwe to South Africa, where we have sojourned ever
since. Prior however, to my husband’s untimely death, he had, sensing the
rising hostilities of the government of Robert Mugabe, sold all his farm
lands including those of two of his white farmer associates who had
transferred ownership of their farm lands to my father to forestall the
government acquiring them. Unfortnately, these white farmers associates of
my father have also been assassinated in the crisis.

By foresight my husband had secretly sent the proceeds from sales of the
farm lands to South Africa, a neighboring sister country and had deposited
the same in a metal box with a private Security Company in Johannesburg. For
obvious security reasons, contents of this metal box were declared as
“family valuables†to the Security Company. The ownership of this
“depository†is now transferred to me by title, following my husband’s
death.

Having gotten your contact from the South African international directory
while searching for reliable assistance, I therefore, on behalf of my
family, now contact you for immediate assistance in lifting the fund
out of South
Africa for safekeeping overseas and investment purposes.

We will be willing to come to terms with you regarding your rewards for
helping us actualize this transfer. We have unanimously agreed to offer you
10% of the total money, then 85% will be for me and my family 5% will be set
aside as reimbursements for expenses made by both parties during the course
of the transaction.

It is equally important to state here that considering the nature of this
matter, we will require that it is handled with utmost confidentiality.

Kindly contact me using email if you will genuinely agree to assist us. I
will give you details and other necessary investment plans.

In anticipation of your trusted and genuine assistance, I remain yours
sincerely,

MRS REGINA NKUNA.
Contact Email=mkvision@mighty.co.za<http://us.f654.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=Email=mkvision@mighty.co.za>

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