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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:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• 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.
  • bode_now@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • bode_king@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: bode k kapenzi <bode_now@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 07:07:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: hi


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: bode_now@yahoo.com

MY NAMES ARE BODE KAPENZI, THE ELDEST SON OF CHIEF JOHNNY KAPENZI AKARAH, FROM ZIMBABWE.

DURING THE CURRENT WAR AGAINST THE FARMERS IN ZIMBABWE FROM THE

SUPPORTERS OF OUR PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE TO CLAIM ALL THE WHITE-OWNED FARMS FOR HIS PARTY MEMBERS AND HIS FOLLOWERS. MY FATHER WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST FARMERS IN OUR COUNTRY AND BECAUSE HE STONGLY OPPOSED MUGABE'S IDEAS, MUGABE'S SUPPORTERS INVADED MY FATHER'S FARM AND BURNT EVERYTHING IN THE FARM, KILLING MY FATHER AND MADE AWAY WITH A LOT OF ITERMS IN MY FATHER'S FARM.

BEFORE HIS DEATH, MY FATHER HAD DEPOSITED WITH ONE SECURITY COMPANY IN

GHANA, A LARGE SUM OF MONEY AND THIS WAS MONEY HE PLANNED TO USE IN BUYING NEW MACHINERY AND TO SET UP A NEW FARM IN SWAZILAND. AFTER THE DEATH OF MY FATHER, WE DECIDED TO ESCAPE TO AN AFRICA COUNTRY CALLED GHANA IN WEST AFRICA, BECAUSE OF CONTINUED HARASSMENT FROM MUGABE AND HIS SUPPORTERS.

AS A FAMILY, WE DECIDED TO CONTACT A REPUTABLE INDIVIDUAL THAT WILL

ASSIST US TO MOVE THIS MONEY OUT OF GHANA (AFRICA) AND INVEST THE SAID

SUM INTO ANY LUCRATIVE BUSINESS VENTURE OF OUR CHOICE THAT WILL BE

PROFITABLE. FOR US.

YOUR ROLE IN THIS TRANSACTION, WE HAVE AGREED TO OFFER YOU 25% OF THE

TOTAL SUM, AND 5% WILL BE MAPPED OUT FOR ANY EXPENSES THAT MAY BE

INCURRED IN THE COURSE OF THIS TRANSACTION AND 70% WILL BE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY WHICH WILL BE INVESTED IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR AGRICULTURE OR THEREABOUT.

ALL WE WANT YOU TO DO IS TO ACT AS THE SOLE BENEFICIARY TO THE FUND,

AND TO A SSIST US CLAIM THE FUND FROM THE SECURITY COM PANY. AS SOON AS YOU HAVE SECURED THE FUND WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU CAN HELP US MOVE TO YOUR COUNTRY AS PERMANENT RESIDENTS. NOTE THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE YOU SHOULD HOWEVER TREAT THIS TRANSACTION WITH ABSOLUTE CONFIDENTIALITY. ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS TO MAKE CLAIM OF THIS FUND ARE WITH ME AS THE NEXT OF KIN AND YOU CAN REACH ME WITH bode_king@hotmail.com

BODE KAPENZI.

- bode k kapenzi

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