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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:
  • "keep it confidential" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
• 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.
  • +27734425632 (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.
  • poker@freeweb.org
  • lucastutu1@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr.Lucas Tutu" <claimsnight@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: lucas2tutu@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:52:38 -0800
Subject: Important

Dr.Lucas Tutu
TEL: +27-73-442-5632
Fax: +27-11-507-5309

Email: poker@freeweb.org
Email: lucastutu1@hotmail.com

I am Dr.Lucas Tutu, Director of Bid/Project Implementation South Africa 2010 Fifa world cup hosting committee , I apologized using this
medium to reach you for a transaction/business of this magnitude. Be informed that I got your particulars from a member of the South
Africa Export Promotion Council (SAEPC) who was at the Government delegation to your country during a trade exhibition. I have decided to
seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution of the deal described hereunder for the benefit of all parties and hope you
will keep it confidential because of the nature of this transaction.

you must be aware now that my country south africa won the bid to host the world cup by 2010,perior to this bid my committee was mandated
to lobby the members of board of Federation International Football Association (FIFA) on selection of the country to host the world
cup,the bidding was intensive but at the end we got the hosting right.My committee was given the sum of $29 million dollars to lobby the
members of the FIFA ruling body to make sure that we win the hosting right. Considering the gain that comes with the hosting right,South
Africa's economy will receive a massive direct boost from hosting the 2010 World Cup.

Financial impact report for South Africa's World Cup bid committee shows that the 2010 World Cup will pump R21.3-billion into South
Africa's economy,and creating an
estimated 159000 new jobs. with the help the living legend of our time 86-year-old
Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr.Nelson Mandela who made an emotive case for South Africa,we got the bid without spending all the money,i and
my commitee members saw this as a God sent opportunity to secure our future and that of our family there for,l was mandated by other
committee members to look for a way to move the remaining money to a safe place with the help of a foreigner who we can trust and is
ready to assistus to move the funds considering the fact that we are still members of the bid/project commitee.

we have in our possession the sum $21millon since we spent just $8million for lobbying. we are ready to give you 20% for all your
assistance,me and my coleague will keep 80% lf you are willing,kindly reply to my letter and further directive will be given to you.
Bearing in mind that confidentiality is of great essence so is time,i will await your response.

I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.


Yours faithfully,


Dr.Lucas Tutu
TEL: +27-73-442-5632
Fax: +27-11-507-5309

Email: poker@freeweb.org
Email: lucastutu1@hotmail.com

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