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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)
  • "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• 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.
  • abmustafa@jmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: a m <ak_mustafa2@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <abmustafa@jmail.co.za>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:32:44 +0200
Subject: GENUINE ASSISTANCE NEEDED



GENUINE ASSISTANCE NEEDEDFrom Mr.Abdul Mustafa Private and ConfidentialAbidjan - Cote d'Ivoire.Reply me to this e-mail Because of internet and security problem (abmustafa@jmail.co.za)CAN YOU HELP US INVEST OUR LATE FATHER FUND?????Dearest Beloved,Please kindly go through this letter before you pass judgment because I am in needof assistance. I am Mr. Abdul Mustafa the son of late Dr. Malik Mustafa fromSierra Leone. I must confess my agitation is real, and my words is my bond, in thisproposalMy late father happens to be in control of a large number of farms includingcattle’s and many sheep before he was poisoned by his foreign business partners inParis with my mother in one of their farmers association meeting because of greed. But before his death my late father deposited some amount of money outside ourcountry in bank at the tone of Four Million United States Dollars $4,000.000.00. SoI and my little sister are no longer safe here as the present government of SierraLeone are working with almost all the killers of my late father as one of them hasbeen just be made a minister, name undisclosed because of security reasons.Furthermore we have contacted the bank where the money is deposited and the bankerslet us understand that they signed an agreement with our late father that the totalmoney must be transferred into his foreign business partner account undisclosed tothem and that is the major reason why i am contacting you now for assistance.All I needed from you now is your full names and address including your direct andpersonal telephone number for easy communication as you know that this transactionis a very confidential one.Please Kindly get back to me immediately after you must have gone through my messagefill free and make it urgent. That is the reason why I offered you 15 % of the totalmoney amount, and in case of any other necessary expenses you might incur duringthis transaction.N.B Try and negotiate for me some profitable blue chip investment opportunitieswhich is risky free which I can invest with this money when! it is transfered fromthe bank here, personally I am interested in 1). REAL ESTATE 2). THE TRANSPORT INDUSTRY3). Hotel MANEGEMENT please advise me.For more explanation write me through my alternative e-mail address (abmustafa@jmail.co.za) And promise me and my younger sister to be a good guardian considering oursituation and not to betray us.Thanks and God bless you and your family.Best regardsMr.Abdul Mustafa
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