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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.
• 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.
  • davjumboo@excite.com
  • peeterk01@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: peter khumalo <fetkh38@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 14:15:08 +0200
Subject: very urgent!!!



DEAR GOOD FRIEND,

I AM PETER KHUMALO,MANAGER OF STANDARD TRUST BANK HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA. AND IAM WRITING TO YOU AS MY BEST FRIEND CONCERNING ABANDONE SUM OF $40MILLION USD. FOURTY MILLION USD, WHICH ONE OF OUR CLIENT FROM DUBAI WHO DIED IN PLANE CRASH ON 2001 DEPOSITED BEFORE HIS DEALTH.

NOW THIS IS A REAL DEAL WHICH YOU HAVE TO TEAM UP WITH ME TO DO, COULD YOU BELIVE THAT WE FINE OUT MR MOHAMED AKIM DIED WITH HIS FAMILY IN THAT PLANE CRASH.

NOW THERE IS NO BODY TO CLAIM THE MONEY, SO ALL I WANT YOU TO DO IS TO HELP ME CLAIM THIS MONEY, BEACUSE EXCEPT A FORIGNER CAN COME AND CLAIM THIS MONEY AS LATE MOHAMEDS NES OF KIN,
MINED YOU 40% WILL BE YOUR OWN MONEY WHILE 10% FOR YOUR EXPENSES DURING THIS BUSSINESS, SO YOU HAVE TO COME DOWN HERE TO SOUTH AFRICA FOR THE CLAIM.

ALL I NEED NOW IS YOUR DETAILS LIKE,

YOUR FULL NAME........................................................

YOUR ACCOUNT NO.......................................................

YOUR TELEPHONE NO FOR EASIER COMMUNICATIONS..........................

AGE AND NAME OF YOUR COUTRY WITH YOUR OCCUPATION......................
SEND IT TO MY ADRESS DAVJUMBOO@EXCITE.COM. or PEETERK01@EXCITE.COM.

IMMEDIATLY I RECIVE THESE INFORMATION FROM YOU I WILL DIRECT YOU ON HOW TO COME AND WHAT TO DO, THIS DEAL IS STRICTLY LEGAL BECAUSE I WILL COVER UP EVERYTHING.

THANKS
GOD BLESS.
PETR KHUMALO.
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