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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:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• 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.
  • mbanowanaga_d@rediffmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "wanaga_mbano_ds@terra.es" <wanaga_mbano_ds@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:03:26 +0100 (MET)
Subject: WE NEED YOUR HELP



Good Day,
My name is Mr. Mbano Wanaga the son of Mr. Desmond Wanaga of Zimbabwe.
This might be surprise to you where I got your contact address. I found
Your contact while I was doing a private research on the Internet for a
Reliable and capable foreign partner that will assist me and my family.
During the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe, from the supports
of our President, Mr. Robert Mugabe to claim all the white-owned farms to his
Party members and his followers, which is wrong. He ordered all white farmers to surrender all farms to his party members and his followers. My father was one of the best farmers and Diamond merchant in our country and because he did not support Mugabes ideas, Mugabes supporters invaded my fathers farm and burnt everything in the farm, killing my father and made away with a lot of items in my fathers farm.
Before his death, my father had deposited with a Security Deposit Company and a Bank in Accra, Ghana the sum of US$35 MILLION U.S Dollars,$20 MILLION U.S Dollars with the Security Deposit Company and $15 MILLION U.S in the Bank.
After the death of my father, we decided to move to Ghana where he had deposited the money in the Security Company as valuables and the Bank. For we have all the documents,so I decided to contact overseas firm and companies that will assist me to move this money out of Ghana because as asylum seekers we are not allowed to operate any Bank Account within Ghana.
We are prepared to give you 20% of the money for that assistance, 5% will be mapped out for any expenses that may be incurred in the course of this transaction while 70% will be for me and my family to invest in your country.
We are expecting to hear from you. Waiting you for your anticipated cooperation, in your reply include your personal telephone number and fax number. You can write to (mbanowanaga_d@rediffmail.com).
Stay blessed.

MBANO WANAGA.
FOR THE FAMILY.
Note: That this transaction is 100% Risk free and absolutely confidential.






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