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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• 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.
  • +27735222764 (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.
  • new_age2002@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • new_age2003@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: new_age2002@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 01:55:03 +0200
Subject: NEW AGE CENTRE

NEW AGE MOTHERLESS BABIES HOME.

NO: 79 LILY STREET

ROSETENVELLE

JOHANNESBURG

SOUTH-AFRICA

EMAIL; new_age2002@hotmail.com

new_age2003@hotmail.com

FAX:+27-115-076-920



Dear Sir/Madam,



It might be suprise for to receive this letter from us and most especially where we got your contact address. We got your contact information from Global Trade Agency under South-Africa Chamber of Commrece in South-Africa.



We the management of New Age Motherless Babies Home in South-Africa humblely soliciting to you on behalf of those who unfortunately lost their parents by various kinds of deases that filled and polluted the world today,such as HIV-AIDS, TB, CANCER etc. This organisation was established on 16 of january 19, and some of its objectives are to make sure that those are supplied with the essencial in life, such as FOOD, CLOTHING, SHELTER, EDUCATION, HEALTH-CARE etc. This organisation meets-up with its objectives by the help of people all-over the world.



Please kindly go to this WEBSITE for visual texture of those children and their environment.

www.myadoptionlinks.com

http://www.myadoptionlinks.com/South_Africa.html
http://www.margate.co.za/images/vulindlela/village-children.jpg
http://www.sitemanager.co.za/botshabelo/
http://www.cindi.org.za/
www.adoptionsa.co.za
http://www.hanshendriksen.net/safgallery.htm

please if there is anything you wish to offer this organisation, kindly contact our financial recoders through this email or you can call them on this phone numbers



Mr PATRICK BOTSHABELO . +27-735-222-764



ENGR/MR ANTHONY KELEUWA . +27-723-052-003



DR/Mrs MARGATE NIELSON. +27-737-022-379 .



We hope by extending generous hand to this organisation, may all your heart desire perfectly come to accomplished by God.



best regards,

Maria Stephen

(Admin Sec)

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