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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:

• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • +27837101023 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "frank dunn" <frank_dunn2005@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:52:51 +0000
Subject: Repyl Vrey Urgent

Dear VICTIMNAME

Thanks for your mail.

It is true that we do not know each other but beleiving that at the end of
this project, this
transaction will bring us together a family friend or business partner.

We need your physical presence here in the Republic of South Africa to meet
with each other before we can carry out the execution of the project.
This will prove to you the Genueity of this transaction to avoid
taking this matter in a wrong perspective.

London is a free visa to South Africa, because of that I would want you to
book for a ticket immediately and confirm to me the date of your arrival to
South Africa
for jointely execution of this matter.

Alternatively, the security company where this fund is held custody have a
branch office in London, if you think meeting in spain wiill be ok for you,
please
confirm so that I and my lawyer will make necessary arrangement to lift up
the consignment to london where we can meet for the claim.

On receiving a positive response from you,I will outline the execution
details of this matter to you
thereby explaining in brief how this matter will be executed.

In the meantime, please call me immediately on my
private line +27 83 710 1023.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Mr.Frank

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