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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • +27834915114 (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.
  • ch_edward03@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "christian edward" <ch_edward777@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ch_edward03@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 05:10:52 +0200
Subject: Assistnce

From: Mr.Christian Edward
Johannesburg, South Africa
Phone +27-83 491 5114
Email:ch_edward03@yahoo.com

Dear Sir/Madam,

I can understand how surprise this letter will mean to you seance you don’t
know me, but I would advice that you should consider it as a request from a
family in dare need assistance from you .

My name is Mr. Christian Edward A citizen of Zimbabwe but now I am currently
living with my mother here in South Africa as (REFUGEE) asylum seekers. Your
contact information came to me from your country's trade journal during my
search for a reliable and God fearing person that can assist me and my
mother, and I quite believe on my own that you can be of great help in this
regard even if I am not acquainted to you before

I inherited the sum of $12 (TWELVE MILLION US DOLLAR`S) from my late father,
which he deposited in a private security company here in South Africa, This
money was deposited in a metal box as personal valuables for a foreign
partner to avoid much demurrage and I found your interesting as a partner
whom l can trust to help me transfer this money out of South Africa with out
letting me down, I am living as a refugee, l cannot transfer this money by
myself, if you can assist us, please kindly contact me on the above e-mail
address and mobile number.

l and my mother are willing to give you some commission for your assistance,
As a refugee here l cannot do any kind of bank activates, l have a bank
manger who use to be a very good friend of my late father who will guard us
on how to transfer this money, he advised me to get an foreign partner to
help since l cannot do it by myself. Do not be surprise to receive this kind
of mail because it come with good intention I will tell you more about this
transaction when l hear from you. l want you to be honest and open to me
please, do not let me down . I am waiting for your urgent response.

Regards

Yours Mr. C. Edward.

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