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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:
  • "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)
  • "robert mugabe" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • madishafamily@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Fred Madisha <fredmadisha0003@msn.com>
Reply-To: <madishafamily@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:41:40 +0000
Subject: FRED MADISHA AND FAMILY !












From: FRED MADISHA AND FAMILY !
Email:madishafamily@hotmail.com
No 142A Van Buuren Road,
Bedford view,
Johannesburg, South Africa.
00 27 73 7154522.


ATTN.
REQUEST FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE !
Good day.
My name is Fred Madisha the second son of Mr. Mbuli MADISHA, of 144 Samora Machel Avenue , Zimbabwe.Who was murdered at the height of the present political crises in which white farmers are being slained and ripped off their belongings by the supporters of Mr. Robert G. Mugabe, in their efforts to reclaim all the white owned farms..For more details of the atrocious acts of this Dictator,please visit this site:
(1)http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1210883.stm
(2)http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4247993.stm (3)http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2805381.stm

My father and my elder brother were brutally slained in their struggle to protect some white farmers who ran to take refuge in our farm. My father, during his life on earth was a prominent indigenous farmer and also trades on Diamond and Gold from some countries in Africa. He publicly opposes the crude policies and crime against humanity on the white farmers by Mr. Robert Mugabe and his followers. I therefore decided to move my mother and younger sister to the Republic of South Africa for safety of our lives, where we presently seek for political asylum. During my father’s life on earth, he had WILLED the sum of Twenty Five, Seven hundred Thousand United States dollars (US$25,700.000.00) to be shared between my elder brother and myself before he met his untimely death. This he had deposited with a finance and security company in the Republic of South Africa from where he operates most of his Gold and Diamond trades to our country. I, therefore, humbly wish to notify you of my intention to seek your assistance as my Trustee in lifting this money out of South Africa into your private bank account.We have decided to make this provision:1.That 20% of the total fund is for your effort.2:10% will be set aside for expences,while the remaining 70% will kept for my family for future Investment.
I hope you will treat this proposal with confidentiality.

Thanks as I look forward to hearing from you.

Best Regards,



Mr.Fred Madisha and Family.

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