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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:
  • "huge amount of money" (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)
  • "hundred thousand 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)
  • "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.
  • +27781775454 (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.
  • david_merve_duke@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: david mevre <david_merve3@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:25:03 +0000
Subject: Mr. david merve Duke.






Mr. david merve dukeNo.102 minor street Johannesburg, South Africa. Tell:+27-781775454 Please do contact me with thisemail:david_merve_duke@hotmail.com

TRANSFER OF US $10.5 MILLIONFOR INVESTMENT.
Good day:EDMOND ,
May I have the pleasure of introducing myself, I am Mr. david merve Duke, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION in South Africa, Department of AGRICULTURE And Land Affairs. I got your contact information from An International Directory on Lawyer and Tax Advisors In my request to find a reliable and trustworthy Person in whom I can repose confidence for ColossalInternational Money Transfer. My aim of sending this Business Proposal to you is to solicit for yourAssistance and co-operation to transfer some huge Amount of money into your designated account overseas. Therefore, this communication should be held in high Confidence. My colleague and I in the Department of AGRICULTURE and Land Affairs wish to transfer into a safe And secure account overseas, the sum of (US$10.5 M}{Ten Million Five hundred thousandUnited States Dollars). This money is over-invoiced Amount from contract we awarded to foreign contractorsWho have been duly paid on completion of their various? Contracts. This money right now is in a coded account In the Reserve Bank of South Africa.
However, by virtue of our position as civil servants, We cannot acquire this money in our names or the names Of companies here in South Africa. I was therefore Asked by my colleagues on trust and sincerity to look For a reliable international business partner abroad Into whose account the sum of (US$10.5 M}{Ten Million Five hundred thousand United States Dollars) will be transferred into. We have Agreed on the following sharing ratio if you accept Our proposal.
(1). 70% (Seventy Percent) for us. (2). 25% (Twenty Five Percent) for you the account owner. (3). 5% {Five Percent} for any expenses incurred in the process.My Choice of you in this transaction is basically hanged on your field and profession as a business idealist Hence this business proposal. If you are interested in This deal, we will require the following from you in Order to effect transfer of the money: Your Private/company’s names address phones and fax Numbers. 2 Your banks name, address, phone and fax Number and your account number where the money will be Executed, and then file the letter of claims apply for Payments to your company. For avoidance of doubt, All documents will be backdated if need be.
Please be informed that we shall commence processing of claims of payments to you once we are in receipt of The information required from you, and the money will Get into your account within (fourteen) working days By best means of transfer. Note that this transactionIs 100% risk free? Do acknowledge the receipt of this Letter through send me a return mail indicating your Interest. Do not hesitate to ask any questions in Respect of this business proposal. Note. We have made Arrangement for the smooth transaction.
Thanks as I wait for you’re immediately reply.
Best regards,
Mr. david merve Duke.
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