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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• 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.
  • +27731609633 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "PAUL JOHNSON" <paulljohnson01@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 08:02:31 -0400
Subject: FAMILY ASSISTANCE.

Dear Sir/Madam
FAMILY ASSISTANCE.





My name is Mr.Keneth Johnson the son of late Mr. Benjamin Johnson of
Zimbabwe. This might be a surprise to you about how I got your contact
address. I got Your Contact through Network on line in my search for a
reliable and Reputable person to handle a very confidential transaction
which involves a Transfer of fund to a foreign account and I decided to
write you.

During the current war against the rich white farmers in Zimbabwe,From
the Supports of our president Robert Mugabe to claim all the white owned
Farms
to his own party members and his followers, he ordered all the white
Farmers in Zimbabwe to surrender all their farms to his party members and
His followers.

My late father is one of the best farmers in our country, and because
He Did not support Mugabe's idea, Mugabe's supporters invaded my father’s
Farm
And burnt everything in the farmland, killing my father and made away With
All the things in his farm.

Before his death, my late father had deposited with one of the Security
Company in Johannesburg South Africa, the sum of $US25million (Twenty Five
Million United Statesdollars). Then after the death of my father, my Family
decided to move to South Africa where my father had deposited the Money.So
I decided to contact an overseas partner that will assist me and My Mother
to move this money out of South Africa because as an
asylum Seeker In South Africa, I cannot operate any account. We have agreed
to Offer you 20% of the total sum for your assistance, 10% has been mapped
out for Expenses and 70% for my family.

So Please, if you think you can be of any assistance to me and my
Family, Kindly furnish me with your fax and phone numbers for easier
Communication with each other.And please I and my Family will like to know
you more.

You can contact me directly on my phone number +27 731-609-633 for More
details and clearifications.
Thanks and God bless you.

Mr.Keneth Johnson.
For the family.

_________________________________________________________________
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