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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "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 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.
  • henry073@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Garuba Bamayi <hutam005@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <henry073@myway.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:43:33 +0200
Subject: INVITATION



From MR. Henry (JNR) Mutambara
Price Waterhouse,
55 Jason Moyo Avenue,
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
henry073@myway.com


INVITATION FOR PARTNERSHIP.

Compliments of the Day,

With due respect, trust and humility, I write to you this proposal, which I believe would be of great interest to you. I got your contact while I was doing a private research on the Internet, for a reliable person for partnership investment overseas. Believing you are sincere and trustworthy person and of transparent honesty and capable of handing this transaction to the best of your knowledge in assisting my son and I, in Claiming the sum of US$15Million United States Dollars) in the custody of a Security Company.

I am contacting you with the greatest delight and personal respect. I am MR. HENRY JNR MUTAMBARA, the SON of late Dr. (Chief) Daniel Mutambara. Who was murdered last year by the forces loyal to President Robert Mugabe due to their support in acquiring his land and property during the crisis in Zimbabwe last year, which continued and led to the lost of several lives of foreign (white) farmers as reported on cable network news (CNN) and by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BCC) For a clearer picture of my story please log on to http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/may4_2002.html

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 and black famers in coalition of union to surrender their farms to his party members and their followers. My Father who was is African and one the best farmer in Union with the whites, objected and knowing that my father did not support the president's political ideology, the president supporters invaded our farm burnt down everything, killed him and confiscated all his investments.

Before the death of my husband, he told me that he deposited the sum of US$15Million 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.

Of late, when we decided to invest this money here in South Africa., we discovered that the laws of this country prohibit asylum seekers the right toinvestment or to operate any form of bank account. Hence, I contacted you to assist us in transferring this money out of South Africa.


From the above you can understand that my future especially that of my sick mother who is white depends strongly on this money. I will like you to assist us in transferring this money into your account for investment. You can contact me and my mother for presently we are residing in South Africa. as an asylum seeker with his e-mail address: henry073@myway.com for more details


For your assistance in this regard, it will interest you to know that we will be willing to come to terms with you regarding your reward for helping us actualize this matter. It is equally important to state here that considering the nature of this matter, we will required that it is handle most discreetly. I must let you know that this business is 100% risk-free

Kindly contact us with using the above particulars upon receipt of this latter for execution details and other necessary discussion. Your private phone and fax number will be needed for easier communication thank you in anticipation of your trusted and genuine assistance.

I remain,
Yours sincerely,
Henry Mutambara. (JNR)
henry073@myway.com


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