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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:
  • "million us 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)
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • +27736392816 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • kingdom_nelson444@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: kingdom nelson <kingdom_nelson444@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:37:26 +0200
Subject: RE: URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL.







From: kingdom_nelson444@hotmail.com
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL.
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 10:09:36 +0200



VERY URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL PLEASE


Dear Sir,
With due respect, trust and humanity, I write this letter to you seeking your help and assistance, though it seems difficult since we have not met before. I got your good contact from the Internet online services when I was searching for a reliable person whom God will use to assist me and my family in this critical time of our lives and I believe that you are capable and reliable enough in handling this urgent international transaction of this sort.

My name is Mr Kingdom Nelson, the renowned Zimbabwean Industrialist. My Father belonged to one of the classes of farmers and industrialists targeted by the ZANU-PF armed group; because he was in the opposition party The Movement for Democratic change (MDC) in Zimbabwe political arena that did not support the ideas and policies of the current government. In the course of the revolution in Zimbabwe , the ZANU-PF armed group (war veterans) attacked and invaded my Husbands farms and Companies, destroying them. Most of my husband’s businesses in Zimbabwe have either been nationalized or liquidated by the Zimbabwean Government.

My Father Kingdom was accused of externalising foreign currency and was specified under the Prevention of Corruption Act, in 2004. His mines, together with companies in finance, insurances and agriculture were seized by President Mugabe’s decree. He lost his flagship business, Shabanie Mashaba Mines (SMM Holdings), which he had bought for US$60 million from British company Turner & Newell in 1996, to the state
You could read more about my family’s plight in Zimbabwe through the following articles on this Internet web:

(1) http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/mawere18.13830.html
(2) http://pubs.socialistreviewindex.org.uk/isj94/zeilig.htm

After his last assault by the government Security Agents, we managed to escape the boundaries of Zimbabwe into South Africa, with our remaining fortune of US$20 MILLION US DOLLARS (Twenty Five Million US Dollars) cash, which my husband deposited in one security and finance company in Johannesburg South Africa, through the help of one of my Husband’s South African diplomat friends with important documents of foreign property title and other valuables, which he has entrusted to me for the future of the family because our lives were threatened and Zimbabwe was no longer safe for the whole family to live. The box is currently safely secured in the Vault of a private security firm here in Johannesburg . Presently, we are now residing temporarily in Johannesburg South Africa as Refugees.

Moreover due to South Africa ’s government's stringent monetary policies/regulations and the sensitive and volatile political status of the region, it would be most dangerous to attempt investments here as such act could keep us in direct reach of the Zimbabwean Government. I hereby solicit for your assistance in moving this money into your bank account for investments. I have resolved to compensate you adequately by offering a commission of 30% for your assistance. Please contact me on my phone: +27 73-6392816 Or you can contact me directly via email for more clarification.
I am waiting for your urgent response.

Sincerely yours,

Kingdom Nelson
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