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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.
  • +27730661324 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • nelsonthabo4@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: nelson thabo <nelsonthabo4@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 03:47:09 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: MAY GOD BLESS YOU .


GOODDAY,


IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WRITE THIS LETTER TO YOU,KNOWING TOO WELL THAT YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE ME THE ATTENTION THAT IS NEEDED .

PLEASE SIR, MY NAME IS MR.NELSON THABO FROM ( BOND UNIVERSITY,SOUTH AFRICA. ).MY PARENTS DIED IN THE TSUNAMI DISASTER IN INDONESIA ON THE ( 26TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2004,YOU CAN STILL CONFIRM THE EVENT FROM CNN NEWS.COM ).

AS YOU CAN SEE,I AM THE ONLY PERSON THAT IS LEFT IN THIS WHOLE WORLD AND NOW AN ORPHAN WITHOUT ANYONE TO ASSIST ME IN FINISHING MY STUDIES IN THE COLLEGE.

I WANT TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SUM OF (US$ 14. 400,000 000) FOURTEEN MILLION FOUR HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS),WHICH MY LATE FATHER (CAPTAIN. JOSEPH THABO ) KEPT UNDER THE CUSTODY OF A FINANCE COMPANY HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA FOR SAFE KEEPING.

THIS MONEY WAS MEANT FOR THE PURCHASE OF A ( TRACTOR ) FOR HIS COMPANY IN LONDON , BEFORE HE MEET HIS UNTIMELY DEATH.

NB: PLEASE, IF THIS STORY IS OF ANY INTEREST TO YOU AND YOU ARE WILLING TO ASSIST ME IN TRANSFERING THIS MONEY OUT OF SOUTH AFRICA TO YOUR OWN PERSONAL ACCOUNT FOR ANY BUSINESS PROJECT OF YOUR OWN CHOICE.
I WANT YOU TO CALL ME WITH MY MOBILE NUMBER ( + 27 73 066 1324 ) OR YOU CAN SEND ME AN EMAIL:( nelsonthabo4@yahoo.com) BEFORE WE CAN PROCEED.

THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING.

YOURS TRULY,

MR.NELSON THABO.



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