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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:
  • ",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)
  • "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.
  • jacobtembo401@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: jackline01@jackline02.net
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:31:46 +0000
Subject: HELP


Dear Sir / Madam,
Let it not be a surprise to receive this letter from me, I’m Jacob Dube, the son of a farmer by the name of Mr. David Dube from Zimbabwe. I got your contact from the Internet website here in South Africa, after due consideration from your profile, I became aware of your credibility of you to help me.
My father was among the rich black farmers in Zimbabwe, who was murdered in acid blood by the agent of the ruling party of President Robert Mugabe because my late father was against the method adopted by the government of the new land reform that wholly affected the white farmers in Zimbabwe. Before the invention of the farms, my father took me to South Africa, as if he foresaw the loaming danger in Zimbabwe, he deposited the sum of US$15,000,000.00 (FIFTEEN MILLIOM DOLLARS) with a security and a financial company. This money was for buying farmland in Lesotho, Swaziland, and also machinery for the farmyards.
Head of governments from the western world, especially, Britain UN and the U.S.A. have voiced their consideration about Mugabe’s new land reform act. It‘s against this background that my family has mandated me to seek assistance to transfer this money out from South Africa to a foreign account for investment purpose. Presently I’m residing in South Africa.
We can’t invest this money here in South Africa due to how close the two countries are and they have almost the same political history, and with the financially law of South Africa, as an asylum seeker, I do not have any right to open or own a bank account in my name here in South Africa. From the above you can understand that my entire life and my family’s future depend on this money. I shall be grateful if you help me transfer this money into your company’s account for investment purposes as my next of kin and as my late father’s partner. Please note that this transaction is 100% risk free, and for your effort, I’m prepared to offer you 20% of the total sum, also I have decided to use 5% of the money to settle any expenses that may occur during the process of the transfer. The balance I intended to invest in a profitable venture in your country or anywhere you may advice, the major thing I expect from you is absolute assurance that this money will be safe when it gets to your account. If this proposal is been accepted by you, please reply urgently to me to enable me furnish you with more details. I will appreciate if you maintain the confidentiality of this matter because of the happenings in my country-Zimbabwe.
Yours sincerely,
Jacob Dube
Private E-mail Address: jacobtembo401@yahoo.com

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