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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:

• 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.
  • +27866024785 (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.
  • onmanagerprivate@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: Dr Mbizala Paul <h_04z@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <managerpaul@walla.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 04:20:40 -0600
Subject: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!!!



26/07/07 Greetings, I am a Fund Manager with South Africa Branch Head Office of Fidelity Investment Company International.I handle all our Investor's Capital Project Funds that enables me to divert 1.2% Investors Excess Return Capital Funds to our Magellan Trust Funds account whereby anyone can be presented to claim the funds. On this note, the total sum of US$34.5M has been diverted representing the 1.2% Excess Return Capital Funds from the Investor Capital Project Funds for 2005/2006.I need a reliable and trustworthy person that can work this deal out with me so that we can claim the funds as mentioned above. There are no risk attached and the funds in question can never be detected or traced. Our sharing ratio is 50:50.If you are interested,please send your direct telephone numbers for the discussion of this deal in further details. Sincerely. Dr Paul Mbizala.www.fidelityinvestment.com6th Floor,Standard Bank TowersAdderley Street,Cape TownSouth Africa 8001Tel/Fax +27 86 602 4785 (You can also reach me on my alternative mail onmanagerprivate@hotmail.com)
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