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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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 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.
  • +27732251470 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: austin jumah <austin_jumah@yahoo.ca>
Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 23:44:26 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Thanks.


Dear Singh,
I am very happy to receive your mail today as well as the instruction giving to me by my mother, and this to inform you that I have just gone through it and the content was clearly understood, but I will like you to bear in mind that the most important thing to me is on the safety and security of the fund transferred to your bank account in your country so I cannot just transfer the money to your bank account without discussing with you as this money is all my life and my future hope. There fore I will like to have your private telephone and fax numbers so that I can call you or you call me on +27732251470 for more clarification and mutual understanding.

For now all I want from you is trust, sincerity and the ability to handle this transaction (secret) confidentially. Since we have to obtain all the changes of ownership to your name as the foreign beneficiary of the fund. I will also like to know if you can be able to come down to South Africa for the conclusion of the transaction.
Finally, I promise this transaction is 100% risk free and by the arrangement made so far it will be handled legally by God special grace. It is not a scam and I will not like to do any body harm because of what we are passing through.
Please take a look.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/715001.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/918781.stm

Also I will like us to discus on the type of investment you wish us to inter as soon as the money is being secured in your account.
Once more thanks and God bless for your respond so far may the goodness of the lord be with us as we progress with this transaction.

Thanks.

Yours sincerely,

Austin Jumah.

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