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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "please indicate your interest" (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)
  • ",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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "utmost confidentiality" (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 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.
  • +447045761825 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Nzanga J Mobutu" <josefmobutu@nsk.biz>
Reply-To: josefmobutu@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 13:43:51 +0100
Subject: From:Nzanga Joseph Mobutu (Please Help)


From:Nzanga Joseph Mobutu (Please Help)
No.34 Third Avenue,
Brighton and Hove,
East Sussex, BN3 2PD
Tel:+44-704-576-1825

Dear Sir Madam,

My Name is Joseph Nzanga Mobutu and i bring to you
peace and love from London.

Please,i am very sorry if this letter did not meet
your professional ethics but
Considering the fact that we have not met before,You
may consider this letter as a surprise.

I am seeking for someone that will assist me with a
business that has to do with my family estate which my
late father left behind for us.i am contacting you
base on the fact that i want someone that is not known
to me and my family to assist me in this business and
this is for security reasons.

I am the son of the late Mobutu Sese seko,
the former President of "ZAIRE" now democratic
republic of congo .I reside in London now on political
asylum.I got your contact information from the
internet in my search for assistance.

I want you to note that this business will benefit
both of us . I am seeking for your assistance in my
desire to secure the sum of Twenty-Seven Million
United States Dollars (US$27,000,000.00) and also to
front for me and my family in the areas of business
you consider profitable.

I presume you are aware there are financial
dispute between my family (THE MOBUTU) and the
present civilian Government. You may also have heard
how a lot of my father's bank account in Switzerland
and North America has been frozen. Following the
outlined reasons.

This Boxes containing the funds have secretly been
concealed and deposited with a Diplomatic Security
firm Abroad through Diplomatic means where it can
easily be taken delivery of by a recommended
beneficiary.

The Boxes containing the funds were shipped as
diplomatic items of high values and will be released
to you by the Security firm based on my
recommendations on that note; you will be presented as
My partner who will be fronting for me and my family
in any subsequent ventures.

We as a family have decided to offer you 10% of the
total fund for your assistance if you are able to help
us claim the boxes, 5% for any expenses that may be
incured during this transaction, and the remaining 85%
for my family.

Please, I need your entire support and co-operation
for the success of this business ventures, your utmost
confidentiality and secrecy is highly required due to
my family's present predicament.

Please indicate your interest to enable us proceed.
God Bless you and your family as you respond to this
email.

Regards,
Nzanga Joseph Mobutu

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