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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:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +27835318400 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "khumalo grace" <khumalogracexx@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 11:31:43 +0200
Subject: HUMBLE REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE

Mrs Khumalo Grace,
28 Louise Botha Rd,
Orange Grove,Johannesburg,
South Africa.
c/o Mr Abel Khumalo.

Tel:+27 83 531 8400

Dear Wouters,

My name is Mrs.Grace Khumalo, the wife of Mr. Khumalo Johnson of Zimbabwe.
This might be a surprise to you about where I got your contact address.I
believe it is the wish of the almighty God that I am being directed to your
person.

During the current war against the white farmers in Zimbabwe from the
supporters of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white-owned
farmlands to his party members,war veterans and his followers, he ordered
all white farmers to surrender all farms to his party members,war veterans
and his followers. My husband was One of the best farmers in our country and
because he did not support Mugabe’s ideas, Mugabe’s supporters invaded my
husband`s farm and burnt everything in the farm, killing my husband and made
away with a lot of items in our farm.

Before his death, my husband had deposited with one of the Security Finance
Company in Johannesburg, South Africa the sum of US$11.5 ( ELEVEN MILLION
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS). After the death of my husband,
we decided to move to the Republic of South Africa where he had deposited
the
money in the Security Company with code as “family valuables only.

So I decided to contact an oversea firm or company that will assist me to
move this money out of South Africa because as asylum seekers we are not
allowed to operate any Bank Account within South Africa.Just contact my son,
Abel so that he can equip you with the whole information because the entire
family has handed over to him everything regarding this transaction.We have
agreed to offer you 15% of the total sum for your assistance, 5% will be
mapped out for any expenses

that may be incurred in the course of this transaction while 80% will be for
me and my family to invest in Your country. All I want you to do is to
furnish me with your entire personal phone and fax numbers for easy
Communication. Note that this transaction is 100% Risk free and absolutely
confidential.


Thanks and God bless
Best regards
Mrs. Khumalo Grace

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