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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "million us 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)
  • "keep it confidential" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • rosemaryjohnson80@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rosemary Johnson" <rosemaryjohnson80@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:10:45 +0000
Subject: SOONEST RESPONSE

FROM: PASTOR MISS ROSEMARY JOHNSON

EMAIL:rosemaryjohnson80@hotmail.com


ATTN:

I am PASTOR ROSEMARY JOHNSON, the first daughter of Late Lufuno JOHNSON .I
am a citizen of Swaziland. My father was the managing director of Lufuno
Aluminium Company in Swaziland but very unfortunately he died in the year
2001 after a protracted illness. Due to poor management of the company in
my country and for the fact that I am so dedicated to church activities, I
realized that I will be unable to manage the company and so soon it may
wind up. I also realized that I am too young to manage a large company of
that type and most of the directors have already began to divert the net
profit being generated from the company, I therefore arranged with my
father's lawyer and sold the entire company to Mr. Alan Foster from Poland
at the price of US$11 MILLION US DOLLARS (ELEVEN MILLION US DOLLARS)
Due to constant pressure from some of my relatives and also fear of likely
attack on my family to hijack the fund, I arranged with my mother to
transfer the fund into a security company in Johannesburg, South Africa
where I am currently staying with my mother and other two younger sisters.
However, I am into pastorial activities now and I have most of my time
dedicated to church activities. At the moment, we want to transfer the fund
to oversea country for investment because there is no good investment
atmosphere here in South Africa.

I therefore need your assistance to enable me transfer the fund into your
private/company's account over there so that we can relocate to plan for the
investment of the fund through your personal assistance. I mostly need your
assistance in investing the fund because I have little experience of
investment/management of the fund. It is also my plan that after the
successful transfer of the fund into your account there, I will first
relocate my mother and other 2 sisters to stay with you while I will first
travel to United States of America to complete my theological school.

What I mostly need from you is honest and sincerity because this fund is my
life and the life of my family. If you can assist us in this transaction, I
will give you 25% of the total fund while 75% will remain in your account
for 2 years to enable me complete my school and then join my other relatives
to plan for our family investments. Please, be assured that this transaction
is 100% risk free, but you must keep it confidential. If you can assist us,
kindly send me an urgent email to indicate your interest. I await your
soonest response


Pastor MISS ROSEMARY JOHNSON

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