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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:
  • "million dollars" (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)
  • "there are practically no risks involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • zumahfedricks@jmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MR ZUMAH <zzzzumah054@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <zumah@jmail.co.za>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 16:58:35 +0000
Subject: PLEASE REPLY ME URGENTLY FROM ZUMAH.



Greetings From Zumah Fedricks.
I am writing to seek your consent ina private and confidential matter regarding some funds unaccounted for in my bank here in S/Africa during the last 2006 business year. I need assistance from a trustworthy and reliable person whom I will fill in as the beneficiary. Your major role would be to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank account immediately to receive this money and get 30% of the total funds as commission.
There are practically no risks involved, the transaction will be executed under alegitimate arrangement that will protect us from any breach of the law,it will be simply a bank- to-bank transfer, and all i need from you is to stand claim as the beneficiary of these funds who made the depositwith my branch so that my head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account under few working days.
I am Mr.ZumahFedricks, the regional manager of AFRICA DEVELOPMENT BANK (AFDB), and I write you this proposal in good faith; I am married with five lovelykids. It is my duty as the regional manager to send in financial report to my head office in the capital city at the end of each business year.On the course of the last year 2006 business report, I discovered the sum of Twenty six million eight hundred and fifty thousand united statedollars 26,850,000.00 belonging to a foriengn Industrialist Kenneth Gardner who died without a beneficiary, in my branch in which I am the manager.Our head office is not aware of and will never be aware of it.
I have placed this funds on what we call escrow call account with no beneficiary and as an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected to this money, hence i contacted you. If you accept to work with me I will appreciate it very much as you are the first and the only person I am contacting for this transaction.We will start the first transfer with sixteen million dollars,upon successful transaction without any disappointment from your side,we shall re-apply for the payment of the remaining amount to your account.
At this juncture i wish to tell you what prompted me to package this deal. I have a 9-yearold daughter who has eukemia,disease of the blood, and she needs a bonemarrow transplant or she will die. I want this transplanting to be done in any good childrens hospital in your country if there is one. Once this fund is transferred into your account, I shall resign from my job and bring my family to start a new life in your country.I would be grateful if you would help me in looking out for good investment oppurtunities with my own part of the money in a very profitable business.
I have worked for this bank for the past 15 years yet I havenothing to show for it, I really need your assistance to secure thisfund as soon as possible.send me mail:(Zumahfedricks@jmail.co.za) as soon as you receive this message if you think we can work together, so that we can go over the details. Send also your Private Mobile and fax numbers for a more proper elaboration.
Truly yours, Mr.ZUMAHFEDRICKS.
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