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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)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "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.
  • +27835803245 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • angelabanda15@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "angela banda" <angelabanda15@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 19:04:09 +0200
Subject: From Angela banda and family in dare need your urgent assistance

From Mrs Angela Banda

Dear Sir/Madam,

You may be surprised to receive this letter from me, since you don't know me
personally. I am Mrs Angela Banda the wife of Dr. John Banda , who was
recently murdered in the land dispute in Zimbabwe, I got your contact
through network on line in my search for a reliable and reputable person to
handle a very confidential transaction which involves a transfer of a fund
to a foreign account and I decided to write you. My late Husband was among
the Zimbabwean Rich farmers murdered in Cold Blood by the agents of the
ruling government of PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE for his alleged support and
sympathy for the Zimbabwean opposition party controlled by the white
minority. Before his death he deposited the sum of US$15.2million (fifteen
million two Hundred Thousand US Dollars) to South Africa with a security
company as if he foresaw the looming danger in Zimbabwe.

The money was deposited in a din Box as valuables to avoid much demurrage
from the security company. This money was embarked from the purchase of New
Machinery and Chemical for farms and establishment of new farms in Lesotho
and Swaziland. The land problem arose when President Robert Mugabe
introduced a new land act that wholly affected the Rich white farmers and
some few blacks vehemently condemned the "modus operandi" adopted by the
government.
This resulted to rampant killing and mob action by the war veterans and some
political thugs, precisely; more than fifty-one (51) people have so far been
killed. Heads of governments from the West, especially Britain and United
States of America have voiced their condemnation of Mugabe's plan,
subsequently, South African development community (S.A.D.C.) has
continuously supported Mugabe's new land act, it is against this background
that I and my family who are currently residing in South Africa have decided
to transfer my husband's money into a foreign account. As a family, I am
saddled with the responsibility of seeking a genuine foreign account, where
this money could be transferred without the knowledge of my government who
is tactically freezing of our family wealth.
And South Africa's government seems to be playing along with them. I am
faced with the dilemma of investing this money in South Africa for fear of
encountering the same experience in future since both countries have almost
the same political history. More so, the South African foreign exchange
Policy does not allow such investment hence we are seeking for an "Asylum".
As a business person whom I would entrust my future and that of my family
into his hands, I must let you know that this transaction is 100% risk free
and that the nature of your business does not necessarily matter.

For your assistance, i will offering you 15% of the total sum, 80% for my
family while 5% will be mapped out for any expenses we may incur during the
course of this transaction. I wish to invest our part of the money on
commercial property based on your advice.
Finally, all i demand from you is assurance that you will not do away with
this money when it finally gets to your personal or company's account in
your country. If this proposal is acceptable by you, please confirm your
interest by contacting us on this phone number +27-83-5803-245 or E-mail
address (angelabanda15@hotmail.com)

Best Regards,
Mrs Angela Banda (For the family)

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