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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
• 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.
  • rosembanifamily@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: rombanifamily@tsamail.co.za
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 19:34:38 +0200
Subject: PLEASE READY AND GET BACK TO US(GOD BLESS YOU)

E-mail:rosembanifamily@yahoo.com

ATTN:President & CEO.

CRY FOR HELP

Good day,

I found your contact from the industrial computer search here in South Africa,for you are liable
and capable foreign partner that will assist me and my family. I am Mrs. ROSE MBANI,the wife of
( Late) Mr. MBANI KHUMALO of Zimbabwe. During the current war against farmers in Zimbabwe and
from the support of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white owned farms in our country,

all the white farmers were ordered to surrender their farms to his party members and his followers.
My husband who was one of the best farmers in our country and treasury of the farmer's co-operation
did not support his ideas and so the party members invaded my husband's farms and burnt everything
in the farm, killed my husband and made away with a lot of items in my husband's farm. Afterthe death
of my husband, my children and I decided tomove out of Zimbabwe because of our lives were in danger with
the money that my husband kept in his hidden safe in my house.

The amount contained in the safe in my house is US$32M(Thirty Two Million USD) and we decided to code the
money and move to the Republic of South Africa wherewe deposited the money in a security company as valuable
item. So I decided to make a contact with an overseas firm whom will assist me to move this money out of
South Africa security company, because we are asylum seekers here in South Africa.

So if you consider this proposa, we have agreed togive you 20% of the total sum for helping us to move this
money out to your country and 5% will be mappedout for expenses both of us may participate in thistransaction,
and 75% will be for me and my family to invest in your country. what i want from you is your personal
telephone and fax numbers for easy communication. I look forward to your reply through my email.
rosembanifamily@yahoo.com

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

Strength and tears: Angélique Kidjo sees

Thanks.

Best regards.

Mrs.ROSE MBANI. (For the Family) Contact my son JOHN MBANI

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