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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 united states 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)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "is 100% risk-free" (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 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.
  • +27738663959 (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.
  • jonathanrossman_0002@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: jonathan rossman <jonathanrossman04@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <jonathanrossman_0002@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 11:21:25 +0200
Subject: REQUEST ???????????.



Rossman Family. No: 304 Kingsway ave Highland South ,Johanneburg ,South Africa Tel: +27-73-866 3959.

Email ;jonathanrossman_0002@yahoo.co.uk URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL Greetting,
You may be surprise to receive this letter since you do not know me personally. My name is Jonathan Rossman, the only son of late Dr Douglas Rossman , who was murdered with my mother(Mrs Sussan Rossman ) in a land dispute in zimbabwe. I got your countries business publication through the chamber of commerce here in Johannesburg, South Africa. And after going through your business executive profile, I decided to write and seek for your assistance in the problem I have. During the current Crisis against the farmers of the Zimbabwe by supporters of our president Robert Mugabe to claim all the white owned farms in our country, he ordered all the white farmers to surrender their farms to his party members and their followers. My father was one of the best farmers in the country and knowing that he did not support the resident's political ideology, the president supporters invaded my father's farm burnt down everything, killed my parents and confiscated all my father's investment. Before the death of my parents in the farm land, my father took me to South Africa to deposit the sum of US$32 Thirty Two Million United States Dollars with a Security & Finance Company, as he knew the looming danger in Zimbabwe. The money was deposited as gem of precious stones to avoid much demurrage from the Security Company. This money was meant for buying of new machineries and chemical for farms and establishment of new farms in Lesotho and Swaziland. I moved to South Africa where I currently residing as asylum seekers. Of late, when I decided to invest this money here in South Africa, I discovered that the laws of this country prohibit asylum seekers the right to investment or to operate any form of bank account. Hence I contacted you to assist me in transfering this money out of South Africa to your overseas account for my onward investment. I must let you know that this transaction is 100% risk-free. The nature of your business does not necessarily matter in this transaction. So, if you are willing and interested to assist me, I have decided to give you 25% of the total sum for your assistance, 65% will be for my investment in your country and the remaining 10% will be mapped out for all expenses we may incur during the course of the transaction. Note that you would also assist me in investing my own share of the money in your country. Finally, if you are interested to assist me in this transaction, I need your urgent reply through the above Telephone and E-mail. Do not forget to include your private telephone and fax numbers for easier communication. Please, treat this business proposal with absolute confidentiality as we proceed. Best Regards, Mr Jonathan Rossman.N/B. PLEASE I WILL APPRECIATE IF YOU CAN SEND YOUR PRIVATETELEPHONE,MOBILE AND FAX NUMBER TO INDICATE YOURINTRESTING IN THIS TRANSACTION AND I AM ALSOAPPOLOGIES FOR BRINGING TO YOU THIS MASSEGE THROUGHMAIL DUE TO MY REFUGE STATUS HERE. PLEASE YOU CAN READ ABOUT PROBLEMS IN ZIMBABWE FROMTHE LINKS BELOW. 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
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