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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 united states 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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • paulzuma_paulzuma@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: paul zuma <paulzumapaulzuma9zuma@yahoo.ca>
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 02:58:30 -0500 (EST)
Subject: INVITATION FOR PARTNERSHIP


TEL: + 27-73-6646575 E-MAIL:paulzuma_paulzuma@yahoo.com


ATT:
Sir
I am MR paul zuma the Assistant Deputy Director
in charge of foreign remittance in South African
Reserve Bank. With regards to detailed information and
recommendation of your personality and company from
pretoria chamber of commerce and industry, I wish to
ask for your favour and assistance in this
confidential bussiness with you involving the transfer
of the sum of US$15MILLION( FIFTEEN MILLION UNITED
STATES DOLLARS) only into your personal or company
account for safe keeping till I come over to your
country .
This money was left in our coffers by a foreign
customer in the year 2000. The customer was involved
in a plane crash some time in the year 2001 which
unfortunately claimed his life and all our effort to
contact the beneficiary(next of kin) of the fund
proved abortive because until the death of the
depositor, he did not appoint any person as the
beneficiary of this fund.On closer investigations,We
found out that the fund belongs to the Angola War Lord
Mr JONAS SAVIMBI Who was killed on 21 February 2oo2.
We are left with no option than to look for a foreign
beneficiary or to return the money to government
treasury after four years(4yrs) of the money being
abandoned in my office.
All I require from you is to contact me immediately if
you are interested in the proposal via the above
telephone
Please I am restricted from further information but in
the interim I would like to know the following:
1. Can your account accomodate this sum?
2.What should be your commisison in terms of
percentage?
Please , eandevour to keep this transaction very
confidential to avoid tarnishing my image and that of
my colleagues
Regards
paul zuma




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