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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • drmarumo@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "marumo harris" <hhmarumo66@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 14:06:24 +0200
Subject: Business proposal.

From the desk of Dr. HARRIS MARUMO
Reply email: drmarumo@excite.com


ATTENTION:


I write to seek your cooperation as my foreign partner and your
assistance to enable us to own properties and invest in the stable
economy of your country. I apologize if this mail does not suit your
personal or business ethics.


My names are Dr. HARRIS MARUMO. We are making this venture proposal to
you in strict confidence. As senior civil servants in the South Africa
Government, the South African civil service laws (Code of Conduct
bureau)forbid us to own a foreign account. The money we have in our
possession is an overdue payment bill totaling Twenty Six Million, Four
Hundred and Twenty Six Thousand US Dollars (US $26,426,000.00) which we
want to transfer abroad with the assistance and co-operation of a
company/or an individual to receive the said funds, via a reliable Bank
Account.


If you will like to assist us as a partner, then indicate your interest
after which we shall both discuss on the modalities. All other
information to facilitate the remittance of the funds will be revealed
to you in due course. For your assistance, you shall receive 30%
amounting to US$7,927,800.00 of the US $26.426Million, 60% amounting to
US$15,855,600 for us and 10% amounting to US $2,642,600 will be used to
settle taxation and other miscellaneous expenses in the course of
transferring the funds to your account.


Please indicate your direct telephone and direct fax number when
replying this business proposal preferably through my email address:
drmarumo@excite.com, I will call you when necessary. If you are
not interested, please also indicate so that it will enable me to
contact other foreign partner with recommendations to carry out this
deal.
A swift acknowledgment on the receipt of this mail will be appreciated.
Thank you and God bless you.


Best regards.
Dr. Harris Marumo
drmarumo@excite.com

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