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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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 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.
  • marthdube2008@yahoo.com.vn (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?utf-8?q?marthias=20dube?= <marthdube2008@yahoo.com.vn>
Reply-To: marth_dube01@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 12:16:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Greetings From Mr. Dube Pls Reply ASAP!!!!!!


Tôi có thư mới!Bây giờ bạn có thể gửi thư điện tử cho tôi tại: marthdube2008@yahoo.com.vn

Hello My Dear Friend,



Greetings in the name of thy Lord Almighty to you and your family, you may be surprised to receive my letter, however, I got your contact from the South Africa world of information exchange and so I decided to contact you as a Matter of urgency and Confidentiality, in a rewarding joint business.



My name is MR MARTHIAS DUBE; I was a Personal Assistant to the Late Congo President, LAURENT KABILA, who was assassinated in January 17th 2001.



And my aim of writing to you is because of the need for a trusted and honest and sincere person, whom I can entrust the sum of ($18.8m) (Eighteen million, Eight hundred thousand US Dollars).


Source of the money: the late president and I secured this money in a Finance Security firm in the (UK) London, in my name before his death.



Now I cannot travel out of SOUTH AFRICA, where I live as an ASYLUM, hence I Am asking for your assistance to have this money in your care before the Monitory

Committee finds out, pending when I will secure travel documents to come over to your country.



In your acceptance I have anonymously agree to offer you 25%, as your share Of the said amount while 75% will be for me, I have all the entitle Documentation

to the asses of this fund that I will be transferring to you to enable you Have assess to the fund.



I'm assuring you, please do not treat this transaction as one of those scam Mails running the Internet today as this is definitely not a fraud mail nor One of

those scam mail running the Internet as you may think, it is 100% Risk-free, legal and as well legitimate.



Please advise me on your position by e-mail immediately with your phone/fax Number for easy communication base on further details/information/questions, And discussion, as I remain at your disposal to entertain any further Information on the procedures and requirements of this transaction, to Enable me prepare all the necessary documentation.



Please I await your prompt and urgent reply.



Thanks, my warmest Regard,



Marthias Dube.





- marthias dube

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