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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "high court" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• 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.
  • victorialois0@hotmail.com
  • vickylos@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: victoria lois <victorialois34@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:07:54 +0100
Subject: CRYING FOR HELP



5 Corlet Drive off
illovo Road Jhb
South Africa


Dear Sir/Ma,


I am very sorry to bother you with my email. But I want you to understand that I truly need your assistance to this great offer I am offering you from the deep of my mind. Before anything, I want to use this opportunity to introduce myself.

My name is VICTORIA LOIS. I am 21 years old from South Africa where I school and work as a tailor. I am the only daughter of my parents. My father died on a fatal motor accident on the 6th March 2006, on his way to see my sick mother at hospital where she was admitted for Cancer treatments.My mother gave up the ghost when she heard about the news of the death of my father in the same day and at the hospital where she was admitted. The name of the hospital is as thus:-KINGS HOSPITAL here in South Africa . May their gentle souls rest in perfect peace.

Before the death of my father, he had WILLED part of his REAL ESTATE to me and deposited the total amount of USD15,000,000m (Fifteen Million United States Dollars Only) for me with a security company here in South Africa .

Since my parents passed away, things have become very hard for me, paying my school fees and taking care of my other needs which the tailoring job I do as a part time after my school is not really helping, so, I went to the security company where this money was deposited.

I was shocked when the Manager of the company explained to me that I will not be able to draw from the money, because my father had put a clause on the 'WILL', saying that before I will be given access to the money,I will either have to be 27 years old or above.However he told me if I get married before the age of 27 years, in which case, my husband will be legible to collect the money on my behalf.

But today I am only 21 years. And I have no access to the money till I'm 27 years which is the more reason why I am contacting you to stand as my husband to claim this money on my behalf from the Security Company. If I can trust you, I will need your assistance in this regard please. I will want you to stand in as my own husband even if you are married already you can still claim this money on my behalf because I will provide all the necessary documentation of my late father.And l will arrange a marriage certificate between you and I to show the security company that we’re legally married before the Johannesburg High Court here in South African.

Should you be interested in helping me, please write back to me urgently.

I hope that we shall discuss how you want remunerated when you get back to me. For my part, I shall be more than willing to part with 30% of the total sum to you while 5% will be mapped out for any expenses that may be incurred during the process of the transfer of the fund to your designated bank account proceeds.In this regard, you must be ready to help me financially that is the more reason why I am offering you the above percentage and also map out 5% for any unforeseen expenses that may arose.

Please remember that I am writing you this email purely on the ground of trust. While this transaction last, we must be able to put emotions aside and face it, I will be waiting to hear from you.

If the above terms are acceptable to you kindly send me your private contact fax and phone numbers for adequate communication on my private emails: victorialois0@hotmail.com,vickylos@yahoo.com


Yours sincerely,

Miss Victoria Lois
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