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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "huge amount of money" (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)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • +27782121531 (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.
  • felicia_jns1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Felicia=20Jones?= <felicia_jns1@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: felicia_jns16@yahoo.co.in
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 08:53:01 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Felicia Jones


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: felicia_jns1@yahoo.co.uk

From: Mrs. FELICIA JONES

23 RIVONIA ROAD, SANDTON CITY

JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA

Tel: +27-782-121-531

ATTN: Sir,

My name is Mrs. Felicia Jones, the wife of late Mr. Frank

Jones, of Zimbabwe. It might be a surprise to you where I

Got your contact address I got it from the net.

I am using this opportunity to express my predicaments to

You during the current crises against the farmers of

Zimbabwe by the supporters of our President ROBERT MUGABE

To claim all the white owned farms in our country, he

Ordered all the white farmers to surrender their farms to

His party members and their followers. My husband was one

Of the best farmers in the country and knowing that he did not

Support the president's political ideology, the president's

Supporters invaded my husband's farm, burnt down

Everything, shot him and as a result of the wounds

Sustained, he became sick and died after two days. And

After his death I became a widow over night with my only

Son (Mark) and one daughter (Lucy) we decided to move out of

Zimbabwe for the safety of our lives to JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA.

Before he died, he wrote his 'WILL' which reads: 'MY

BELOVEED SON (Mark) I WISH TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE

SUM OF $12 MILLION AMERICAIN DOLLAR WHICH I DEPOSITED IN A

BOX WITH A SECURITY COMPANY IN JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA

IN CASE OF MY ABSENCE ON EARTH CAUSED BY DEATH ONLY' you

Should solicit for reliable foreign partner to assist you

To transfer this money out of SOUTH AFRICA FOR the family

Care and investment purposes I deposited the money in your

Name (Mark Jones) and it can be claimed by you with the

Help of a foreign partner using the deposit code. Your

Mother has all the documents. Take good care of your mother

And your sister.

From the above you will understand that the lives and

Future of my family depends on this money as much as I will

Be very grateful if you can assist us. We are now living in

SOUTH AFRICA as POLITICAL ASYLUM SEEKERS and the financial

Law of SOUTH AFRICA do not allow an ASYLUM SEEKER any

Financial right to operate such huge amount of money .In

View of this I cannot invest this money in SOUTH AFRICA

Hence I am asking you to assist us transfer this money out

Of SOUTH AFRICA for investment purposes.

(1).For your efforts I am prepared to offer you 30% of the

Total fund while 70% will be kept for my family and me for

Investments. Immediately we establish trust within our

Selves I would go ahead to give you all the details you

Might require knowing about this fund. GIVE ME A CALL ON

+27-782-121-531.I have made arrangement toTake the fund to the bank for lodgment from where it will

Be transferred to you, pending on our mutual

Relation, agreement and understanding.

PLEASE READ ABOUT PROBLEMS IN ZIMBABWE FROM THE LINKS BELOW.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/918781.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/715001.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1063785.stm

please assist me for the sake of my children.

BEST REGARDS,

MRS FELICIA JONES.

(FOR THE FAMILY).



- Felicia Jones

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