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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • perezearrou@webmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • pereze_arrou@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: pereze_arrou@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 21:09:17 +0200
Subject: ATTN:

ATTN,

I am a Land Revenue Director with the government of South Africa. I had the opportunity to make some inflation on some contract fund I issued to some oversea companies that executed contacts in South Africa. I also have a one hundred square meters of land; the length and whet are the same.

In that contract inflations l was able to make for myself a total sum of usd$15.5m which nobody knows about it. The money is in my credit here in a security and finance company here in South Africa.

l have decided to invest this fund out south Africa to any oversea country, hence l decided to contact you. Please you have assured me that the fund can be invested in your country which l accepted and we like to you to be my oversea partner.

All l need from you is for you to help me secure this fund out of south Africa , which we both shall use in your country for investment and you will help direct me on a profitable investment which we shall use the fund for.

L want to assure you that their is no risk in this transaction already l have made solid arrangement through my financial adviser who will direct us on how the fund will be transferred to your account in your country.

I will like you to keep this transaction very very confidential to yourself for l will not like it to be exposed till the fund is transferred to your account in your country.

l shall be waiting to hear from you as soon as you receive this letter to enable me inform you on the next step to take . You can always reach me with my email address or my phone and fax no, Please l advice you send me your private email address and phone no.

Thank you very much.
Mr. ARROU PEREZE
perezearrou@webmail.co.za
pereze_arrou@hotmail.com
27722515556: cell
27866903858: fax

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