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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:
  • "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.
  • bonganikhumalo_1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Bongani khumalo" <bonganikhumalo2@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bonganikhumalo_1@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:37:04 +0200
Subject: GOODDAY, ASSISTANCE NEEDED


Goodday,

My name is MR Bongani Khumalo, the son of Mr. Robert Khumalo of blessed
memory from Zimbabwe, During the current crises against the farmers in
Zimbabwe from the supports of President Robert Mugabe to claim all the
white-owned farms to his party members and his followers, he ordered all
white farmers to surrender all farms to his party members and his followers.
My father is One of the most successful musty farmers in our country and
because he did not support Mugabe`s ideas, Mugabes supporters invaded his
farm and burnt everything in the farm, killing him and made away with a lot
of items in my fathers farm. Before his death, my father had deposited with
FINANCE HOUSE IN SOUTH AFRICA the sum of (USD $16.5 MILLION).After the death
of my father, I decided to move to Republic of SOUTH AFRICA where i
re-located under political asylum as a refugee to seek for foreign partner
overseas that will assist me to move this money out of THE FINANCIAL HOUSE
to your country as i have made up my mind to invest and live in your
country.

As an asylum seeker i am not allowed to operate any Bank Account within
SOUTH AFRICA.I have agreed to offer you 30% of the total sum for your
assistance as soon as the money gets into your account while 5% will be
mapped out for any expenses that may be incurred in the course of this
transaction both local and international.

I want truth and honest to be our watch word in this transaction and please
treat this transaction with strictly confidential for the successful out
come of it. All I want you to do is to furnish me with your personal phone
and fax numbers and also your private e-mail address for easy and urgent
communication.

Note that this transaction is 100% Risk free and absolutely confidential.

If you wish to help please reply as soon as possible ,and Please get back to
me with this very email address:

bonganikhumalo_1@yahoo.com

Do consider this and get back to me.

Thanks for your co-operation.

Sincerely Yours,
Bongani khumalo

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