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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:
  • "huge deposit" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • mt_malo34@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: martins khumalo <mtkh34@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 02:10:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS


Attn:Dirctor

I am Martins Khumalo a solicitor at law. I am the Personal Attorney to Mr. Ferdinand Osorio, who has lived in EUROPE for the past fifty years with his family, and whom here in after shall be referred to as my client. In April 2002, my client and his entire family met their untimely death in the fire incident.

I am contacting you to assist in repatriating most especially, the money left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Finance Security Company where this huge deposits were lodged. Particularly, the Security company where the deceased had an account valued at about USD18,000,000 (Eighteen million United States Dollars has issued me a thirty days(30 ) notice t o provide the Next of kin, or have the account confiscated.

I seek your consent topresent you as the Next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name (surname) so that the proceeds of this account valued at 18 million dollars can be paid to you, as my clients Next of Kin, and then we can share the amount on a mutual agreed percentage. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Do as well send me your phone and fax number, if this offer interest you.

Yours in Service,
Martins Khumalo(Principal Attorney
email: mt_malo34@yahoo.com

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