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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:
  • "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
  • "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)
• 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.
  • martinsimba@webmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "martin simba" <simba.family0@gmail.com>
Reply-To: simbafamily@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:32:47 +0200
Subject: REQUEST FOR FAMILY ASSISTANCE DO WE NEGOTIATE?


FROM: MARTIN SIMBA
25 HOPE CRESCENT,
SANDTON, JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA .
E-MAIL martinsimba@webmail.co.za


Good day,

Don't be surprised to receive this message, I am martin Simba, son of Mr.
Smith Simba(SIMBA TOBACCO FARM ZIMBABWE ) , my father was murdered by
Zimbabwe veterans and critic black people of ZANU-PF ruling party, if you
are conversant with CNN AFRICA.

Before the death of my father on the 29th of Feb 2002, he was a prosperous
tobacco and coffee farmer who has invested much in agriculture sector and a
very major sponsor of the opposition party (MOVEMENT OF DEMOCRATIC CHANGE).

PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE and his ZANU-PF ruling with the new land reform
system, the government secretly sponsor the war veterans and Irate party
members to dispose the land being occupied by whites and some rich farmers
who are opposed to his consistent staying in power and radical and
unnecessary reforms target to his political opponents and high rate of abuse
of human right which led to the killing of some members of opposition party
including my father Smith Simba
I acknowledge very well that my father deposited the sum of US$18M (EIGHTEEN

MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) with a security and financial company here
in Johannesburg South - Africa with the intention of using it for the
purchase of new farm machineries and chemical for Agricultural purpose as
well as purchasing hectares of land in Botswana. I got your contact through
chamber of commerce .With the high risk of staying in my country we are now
on political asylum.(refugee) here in South - Africa, my position does not
allow me to open an account or to normalize this fund to any meaningful
business transaction, I want you to understand that this is purely family
fund not money laundering affair.

I solicit for your honest assistance to a family shattered by Mugabe's
government, I want this fund to be transferred to your nominated account
overseas, with your partnership, I will invest in your country, I and my
mother have agreed to offer you 30% of the fund for your kind assistance
then 5% will be for any possible expenses that might occur in the process of
this transaction while 65% will be for my family investment in your country
, be assured that all the necessary document backing this fund has been
arranged by me and my attorney, feel free to ask any question regarding this
transaction.

Hoping to hear from you soonest, kindly contact me through the email
above or below. I need your urgent and confidential response towards this
transaction. Contact me through my private email box (
martinsimba@webmail.co.za)

You can find more information on
www.zimbabwesituation.com


Thanks and God Bless
Regards.
martin Simba.

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