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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:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "accredited attorney" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: anthony mako <a_10mako@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 03:54:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Anthony Mako


Dear Mr. VICTIMNAME,

Really your email was late to arrive but I can still do this business with you because I can understand that you have had this experience before even though that you fall victim to the bad people and I must state here that this group of people has made business through internet almost impossible because you don’t know whom to trust any more, but I must expose this secret to you now please next time you are been offer a business proposal from Africa always make sure that all the contact people you are dealing with is registered and ask them for there identity including the website because any Attorney here in Africa now who does not belong to a cooperate attorney firms that is registered and you can view the website through internet is a fake that goes to the commercial banks as well.

Well in this issue I want to assure you that it is 100% risk free and everything regarding this business will be open for you so that you will see that it is for real not a repeat of your past bad experience.

So the first step is that I will have to affect the exchange of ownership of the fund to your name through an accredited attorney and I am going to finance the cost of it and once that is done then automatically the fund is in your name then I will look for a very good commercial bank here in South Africa which I will send you the contact information and you will write to the bank to open a non-resident online account once the account is opened you will forward the account information to me then I will move the fund from my bank to the new account for onward transfer to your foreign account.

So this is the simple process for the transfer but if you will like to come to South Africa for the business that will be great because it will enable you to with ness everything with your eye but coming to South Africa will take more money and this is the reason why I think that the option of transferring the fund through bank to bank will be the best.

As soon as I hear from you then I will let you know the required document I will need from you to enable me start the process of the exchange of ownership.

Please include your private cell phone number in your reply so that I will phone you for more information and clarification.

Anthony Mako.




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