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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)
  • "top secret" (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.
  • david9kk@mail.ru (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "David Ford" <david9nn@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: david9bb@mail.ru
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 10:38:04 +0000
Subject: Your Wealth Of Experience Is Needed

Greeting,


Dear i am contacting you believing you are a honest and trustworthy person. I believe you will not betray the confidence I am willing to repose in you, for me to have contacted you even though we've not met before. i got your email address through the Internet when i was searching for a reliable person who will not betray me. My name is David Ford, the son of Mr.Terry Ford of Zimbabwe, During the current crisis against the farmers of Zimbabwe by the supporters of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white owned farms in our country, he ordered all the white farmers to surrender their farms to his party members and their followers.


You will find the story on this website:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1878846.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1880941.stm
http://www.canadafreepress.com/2002/edesk101402.htm

My Father was one of the best farmers in the country and knowing that he did not support the President political ideology, the president supporters invaded my father's farm and burnt down everything, killed him and confiscated all his investments and properties. After my fathers death we lost all our friends for fear of the government of Robert Mugabe. After the supporters of Robert Mugabe invaded break into our house and attacked our house and injured my mother we rushed her to a near by hospital after doctors sad that she can not make it again my mother call me immediately and told me a TOP SECRET that my father use my name deposited a huge amount of money usd $10.5m (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars) in a Finance house and also told me every thing that my father sad that this deposit is made for investment purpose in the western world.

Then with the help of one of our father's friend, we escaped to Senegal, where we are now. I am now contacting you believing you are honest and trustworthy to help us to receive this money in your account for investment, to make arrangement for me and my sister to come over to your country to further our education and to serve as a guardian of this fund because of my young age, I and my sister has decided in compensating you 20%of the total amount for your assistance.

Please do take your time to go through the mail and get back to us with following information so that i will use it and nominating you in Finance House as my representative.


(1) Full Name (2) Home Address (3) Age And Occupation.
(4) Country (5) Telephone And Fax Number.
I am waiting for your response.
Thanks and God bless.
David Ford
david9kk@mail.ru

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