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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:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "robert mugabe" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +27732267709 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Jannet Lumberdy <jannetlumberdy8@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: lumberdyfamily@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:44:21 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: FAMILY ASSISTANCE



MRS JANNET LUMBERDY AND FAMILY
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA ,
 Phone: +27 732 267 709
 Dear,
          
With due respect, trust and humility, I write you this proposal, which I believe  will be a great interest to you. I found your contact while I was doing a private research on the internet for a reliable and capable foreign partner that will assist my family and I. That is why I contacted you.

I am MRS JANNET LUMBERDY the wife of MR, MUBARAK LUMBERDY of Zimbabwe . 

During the current war against farmers in Zimbabwe and from the support of our president ROBERT MUGABE to claim all the white owned farms in our country, all the white and black farmers were ordered to surrender their farms to his party members and his followers.

My husband who was one of the best farmers in our country and treasurer of the farmer's co-operation did not support his idea and so the party members invaded my husband's farms and burnt everything in the farm, Killed my husband and made away with a lot of items in my husband's farm.

After the death of my husband, I and my  son and little daughter decided to move out of Zimbabwe because our lives was in danger with the money that my husband kept in his hidden safe in my house. The amount contained in the safe is US$8.2M (EIGHT MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLAR) and we decided to code the money and move to the Republic of SOUTH AFRICA where we deposited the money in a SECURITY AND FINANCE COMPANY as a valuable item.

So I decided to make contact with an overseas firm who will assist me and family to move this money out of South Africa , because we are asylum seekers here in South Africa , and can not continue to suffer when we have such amount of money in the security and finance  company.

So, if you consider this proposal, my family and i have agreed to give you 20% of the total sum for helping us to move this money out to your country and 5% will be mapped out for expenses both of us may incur during this transaction and 75% Will be for me and family to invest in your country.

All I want is for you to furnish me with all your personal phone and fax numbers for easy communication. You can contact  my only son on the above Tel and e-mail address.

NOTE: That this transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely confidential.

Then, if you are interested to help me and my family please contact my only son Prince  SALIM LUMBERDY  with the above e-mail and phone number.

Thanks and God bless you.

Best Regard,

MRS Jannet Lumberdy

(FOR THE FAMILY)


PLEASE YOU CAN READ ABOUT PROBLEMS IN ZIMBABWE FROM
THE LINKS BELOW.  
(1)
 http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/mawere18.13830.html
(2)
 http://pubs.socialistreviewindex.org.uk/isj94/zeilig.htm
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/918781.stm
        
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/715001.stm 
          
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa

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