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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:
  • "million us 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)
  • "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.
  • +27739114323 (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.
  • jmsnketho222@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "JAMES NKETHO" <jms@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: jmsnketho222@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 08:04:13 +0200
Subject: ATTN PLS

From:James Nketho
54 Gilbert flats
Johannesburg
South Africa.
TELL:+27-73-911-4323
E.MAIL:jmsnketho222@yahoo.com

Attn.Director/CEO,
TRANSFER OF $19.4 MILLION US DOLLARS

You may be surprise to receive this letter from me since you do not know me personally. My name is Mr. James Nketho, the first son of Mr. Kenneth
Nketho who was recently murdered in the land dispute in the Zimbabwe. I got your contact through South African Information Exchange (S.A.I.E.), hence I decided to write you. After the death of my father, we decided to dispose our properties worth {US$19.4M} NINETEEN MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED THOUSANDUNITED STATES DOLLARS only, and leaved for the nearest country with our estate in South Africa.

I am writing not to take you for ride but based on the land dispute in my country of which you may know if you are conversant with world news. This land problem came during last presidential election when Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe introduced a new land reform act which wholly affected the rich white farmers and some few black farmers who are opposition
Party and this resulted to the killing and the mob action of the Zimbabwean war veterans and some innocent citizens in the society. Infact, a lot of
People were killed because of this land reform act in which my father was one of the victims. It is against this background that I and my family who
Are currently residing in South Africa decided to transfer out our estate to foreign country. As the eldest son of the father, I am now saddled with the
Responsibility to seek for you as a foreign person whom I can transfer the money into his account.
I am faced with the dilemma of investing this amount of money in South Africa for fear of going through the same experience in the future since both countries have similar political history.

As a businessperson, whom I have to entrust my family and our estate in his custody I have to let you know that the transaction is 100% risk free. Since I have set up modalities for quick and easy transfer.
I have mapped out 5% of the total money for any expenses incurred during the course of this transfer and 25% for your assistance while the remaining
Percent will be for my investment in your country in which you will assist.

Please do contact me with the above E-mail address and telephone number for further details if you are interested.
While I implore to maintain absolute confidentiality in this transaction.

Best regards,

JAMES NKETHO.

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