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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:
  • "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • ann_wiwa2000@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "ann wiwa" <ann_wiwa@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 12:39:15 +0000
Subject: From Mrs Ann Wiwa.

>From Mrs Ann Wiwa.

My Dear Beloved Janice,

Compliments of the day. How are you and your family i hope that God is fully
in control.I believe that you will be suprise to receive this mail in the
sense that you dont know me till this moment.

I am the wife of Ndoga Wiwa, my husband was allegedly killed by governmentof
President Mugabe for supporting the Movement for Democratic Change, visit
this website and see how they killed my
husband.http://www.1freespace.com/beetee/apr07_2002.html.
However, on the eve of my husband's death in April 5. 2002, he gave me the
sum of US$39million in cash to move to Lebanon, but immediately my husband
died I moved the funds to security company through a diplomatic courier
service to Europe.

The funds have been in the security company since April 5.2002.Because of
the restriction placed on me and my children by the government of President
Robert Mugabe, I Simply cannot travel to secure this funds from the security
company where this said amount was deposited.

please As soon as you confirm to me by e-mail your readiness to assist me,I
will fax a copy of my Power of Attorney to the security company to
authorizing them to release the funds to you.
As soon as you have the funds in your custody, I will give you my account
details in the Bahamas where you will transfer my funds to on
mybehalf.Please contact me immediately . You will be entitled to 30% of the
total sum involved for your assistance.

[Aternative email
ann_wiwa2000@yahoo.com]

Good Luck.
Mrs Ann Wiwa.
Mashonaland Central province

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