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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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "patrick zuma" <patrickzuma1@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 09:36:36 +0200
Subject: COME TO MY FAMILY RESCUE

NO.10 ANDERSON STREET MANDELA CRESENT
JOHANNESBURG 2001.
TEL 27-73-3026608
Dear Sir/madam
CONFIDENTIAL.
My name is PATRICK ZUMA the eldeset son of Mr.JOSEPH ZUMA of Zimbabwe. This
might come to you as a surprise aboutwhere Igot your contact address. I got
your address from the South African Chamber of Commerce in Johannesburg,
South Africa.

During the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supporters
of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the
white-owned farms to his party members and his followers, he ordered all
white farmers to surrender all their farms to his party members and his
followers.

My father was one of the best farmers in our country and because he did not
support Mugabe's ideas, Mugabe's supporters invaded my father's farm and
burnt everything in the farm, killing my father and made away with a lot of
items in my father's farm.

Before his death, my father had deposited with one of the
Security Company in Johannesburg, South Africa the sum of US$25 Twenty Five
Million, United States Dollars).with my name and made every documents with
my name both the certificate of depository. Then after the death of my
father, we decided to move to the Republic of South Africa
where he had deposited the money in the Security Company as family
valuables.

So, I decided to contact you to assist me to transfer this
money out of South Africa because as asylum seekers we are not allowed to
operate any bank account within South Africa. We have agreed to offer you
20% 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 and 75% will
be for me and my family to invest in your country.

All I want you to do is to furnish me with your full personal phone and fax
numbers for easy communication. You can contact me on the
above Telephone number. Note that this transaction is 100% risk free and
absolutely confidential.

Thanks and God bless as I await your reply.
Best Regards,
PATRICK ZUMA
(For the Family).

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