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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "the consignment" (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)
  • "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)
  • "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • +27744960800 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:48:19 +0100
Subject: HOW ZIMBABWE POLITICAL CRISIS AFFECT MY FAMILY




FROM: MRS. PATRICIA NKOMO
133 T. 220A-2060HT, LONEHILL,=20
SANTON, JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
CONTACT E-MAIL:nkomopatricia@live.com [mailto:nkomopatricia@live.com]=20
Tell:+27744960800.=20

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Dear Sir/Madam,=20
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KINDLY ASISST MY FAMILY
=20
=20
Please do not think this is one of those scam or junk mails you receive in=
your mailbox/fax machine, which myself receive also, but I plead for your=
tolerance.=20
=20
I got your contact address from South African Chamber of Commerce and Indu=
stry in Johannesburg. My name is MRS.. PATRICIA NKOMO the wife of late DR.=
ADVENT NKOMO of Zimbabwe. Let me quickly bring to your knowledge why I ne=
ed your urgent assistance.
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During the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supporters=
of our PRESIDENT MR. ROBERT MUGABE to claim all the white owned farms in =
our country, he ordered all the white owned farmers to surrender all their=
farms to his party members and his followers, my husband was among the ri=
ch black farmers in the country who stand firmly against the way the white=
farmers were being brutally maltreated, taking their farms without compen=
sation.
=20
This land problem came when PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE introduced a New Land =
Act Reform (NLAR), which wholly affected the rich white farmers. This resu=
lted to killing and mob action by the Zimbabwean war veterans. In fact man=
y people were killed because of the land reform act for which my husband w=
as among the victims and after his assassination, the same Government burn=
ed our farm and residential building.
=20
The only thing left for us is the sum of US$24,800.000 (TWENTY FOUR MILLIO=
N EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS), which my husband deposite=
d in one of the private finance security company in Johannesburg South Afr=
ica before his death, as if he foresaw the looming danger in Zimbabwe.
=20
This money is protected in a big metal box and was declared to the securit=
y
company at the point of deposit as precious valuables e.g., Gold, Diamond =
and Germ Stone to avoid the security company knowing that the contents of =
the consignment deposited with them contains cash. This amount was meant f=
or the purchase of new machines and chemicals for the farms and establishm=
ent of a new farm in Swaziland .
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It is for this reason that I and my only son MR. Advent Patrick Nkomo seek=
asylum in South Africa so that we can invest this fund as well. But since=
our arrival
here, we have spent quite a fortune looking for how we can get through in =
order to clear this fund out of the security company, but all our effort w=
ere abortive due to the law of South Africa that prohibits a person with r=
efugee status to operate a bank account or do any banking transaction of t=
his magnitude. As the wife, I am saddled with the responsibility of seekin=
g for a genuine foreign partner that will assist us transfer this fund to =
his/her account for investment.=20
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I must also let you know that this transaction is100% risk free and my fam=
ily has agreed to give you 20% of the total money 5% will be for any expen=
ses that may occur during the time of this transaction and 75% is for the =
entire family for investment in your country.
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Upon your acceptance to this offer, you are strictly advised to reply thro=
ugh our family e-mail:pnkomofamily@live.com I will also like you to furnis=
h me with your private phone number, so that we can establish that mutual =
communication. For more information, read on this website below:=20
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/918781.stm [http://news.bbc.co.uk/=
1/hi/world/africa/918781.stm]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/715001.stm [http://news.bbc.co.uk/=
1/hi/world/africa/715001.stm]
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Thanks as I expect your soonest response.
=20
MRS. PATRICIA NKOMO
(For the family)=20


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