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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge amount of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a next of kin 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.
  • flonga_23@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Florence Yengeni" <yengflonga_2000@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: flonga_23@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:06:11 +0000
Subject: Good day...

We highly needs your help

Dearest one,
My name is Ms Florence Yengeni a south African Parliamentarian Daugther. I
got your Contact From a reliable source here in ACCRA-GHANA .I am the
Daugther to the Late Mr.Tony Yengeni. my Father Mr Yengeni was the chairman
of parliament's in south Africa and the former chief whip of the ruling
political party ANC.

At present my father as deceased may is soul rest in peace and my Mother
was not in good health due to the situation of things,
All our belongings as been apprehended under South Africa government and my
mother and I managed to escaped from south Africa and left for Ghana.
However before my father deceased he as managed to push a huge amount of
money to abroad and it is presently in the custody in Accra-Ghana through a
diplomatic means which was only the means the money could leaves South
Africa for Accra-Ghana Which involved US$16.5m (Sixteen Million and Five
hundered Thousand United States Dollars) the fund was deposited in one of
the leading and safety, Security Company in (AFRICA) ACCRA-GHANA, west
Africa, this fund was deposited as a family treasure my Father do not let
anyone know the content of the Consignment to be money , for safety and
security reason.

(I would refer you to these Websites about my family )
1) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2756861.stm
2) http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/10/03/safrica.arms/index.html

For your assistance to receive this consignment in your country, we have
proposed two options for you.
1)You may go into partnership with us for the proper profitable investment
of the money in your country.
2)If you do not prefer a partnership, we are willing to give you 20% of the
sum of the fund to you, while the remaining 75% will be my family prior for
investment in your country, while the remaining 5% will be used to defray
any expenditure that you may incure during the process of this transaction.

NB: Endeavor to keep this business strictly confidential because of South
African Government. I will be most grateful if you can come forward and help
us so that I will give you more details. We are waiting for your reply so we
can give you detail about the security company where my late father
deposited consignment.

Yours Truly,
Ms Florence Yengeni. (for the entire family)
pls reply me on : flonga_23@yahoo.com

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