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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:
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • +27837221509 (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.
  • mercy_tsvangirai02@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • thema_tsvangirai_family@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mercy tsvangirai <mercy_tsvangirai02@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:07:22 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: request from mrs tsvangirai


From: Mrs.Mercy Tsvangirai
241 Sidney Ave.
Waterkloof, Pretoria

21/03/2007

E-mail:mercy_tsvangirai02@yahoo.com

My name is Mrs. Mercy Tsvangirai, from Zimbabwe Southern Africa .I am The
Wife Of Late Arnold Tsvangirai, owner UZZI farm Ltd and a brother to MDC
Party Leader Mr. Morgan Tsvangirai, affected by President Mugabe's land
reform acts which is depriving us of rights in all facets.

I have $12.5Million dollars which I will like to invest for my children
Miss Agnes and Mr. Themba with your firm /company since I am not business
incline following the lost of my husband. If you are interested do get
back to me for more information or call my son Themba on the Tel: +2783 722 1509, or please reply us with the your contact details on this
e-mail :thema_tsvangirai_family@yahoo.com

You may wish to read about the problems in Zimbabwe my country through the
following links clearing any doubt proposition to ascertain my reasons of
contacting you and the situation we are in.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/918781.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/715001.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1063785.stm

Waiting for your urgent response

Yours truly

Mrs. Mercy Tsvangira
Atternative email;thema_tsvangirai_family@yahoo.com




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