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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "huge amount of money" (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)
  • "the consignment" (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)
  • "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 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.
  • +27739295995 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rebecca Garang" <garangfamily49@msn.com>
Reply-To: garang-family@live.com
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:36:14 +0000
Subject: HUMBLE ASSISTANCE

Mrs. Rebecca Garang

Email: garang-family@live. com

                                                                  STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

 

Good Day,

 

I am Mrs. Rebecca Garang, the wife of the late vice president of Sudan, Dr. John Garang De Mabior, who was the former rebel leader of THE SUDAN PEOPLE LIBERATION MOVEMENT (SPLM), who died on Saturday 30th of July 2005 on a sabotaged helicopter crash just three weeks after his inauguration on the 9th of July 2005 at our capital Khartoum. May his gentle soul rest in peace. Please click this website and read more about the crash: http://southsudanfriends.org/News/GarangKilledInCrash.html .

 

I got your contact through SOUTH AFRICA INFORMATION NETWORK ONLINE (SAINO).I did not disclose the nature of the business to them during the process of searching for a reliable partner/ company that can assist my family in transferring the sum of US$14 Million (Forteen Million United States Dollars) into your company or private account for safe keeping, sharing and investment, hence I decided to email you. Originally, this money was mapped out to procure arms and ammunitions for the SPLM military wing and my husband was solely in charge of organizing this purchase. As the news of the peace agreement reached my husband while he was still in South Africa to make the arms procurement, he used this opportunity to divert this fund for our family future up keep. He was fortunate to be in the republic of South Africa when the news came and he deposited the consignment (CASH) as family valuable for security reasons in a sealed metal box containing the fund with a Security Company in South Africa.

 

After depositing this fund, he came back and notify me and my eldest son about it and handed over the documents to us before he was inaugurated along with other top SPLM officials. The cabinet of the Incumbent president, Omar Al-Bashir has denied any Government involvement in master minding the death of my husband. As a result of serveral terrorization on our life, my two sons and I have to escape from our country to South Africa as POLITICAL ASYLUM SEEKERS. Upon our arrival, we realise that the financial policy of this country does not permit us certain financial rights to such huge amount of money. In view of this, we cannot invest this fund in South Africa, hence I seek your help to assist us transfer this fund out of South Africa for investment purposes.

 

Should you be interested to assist us, please send me your full names, brief description of your occupation, direct telephone and fax numbers. I will prefer you to reply my son Richard, via this  E-mail: garang-family@live.com or telephone: +27 73 929 5995 , he shall provide you with more details on this transaction. As a family,we are willing to offer you 30% of the total money for your assistance, while the rest will be kept for my family investment in your country through your advice. Please note that the continous existance of my family depends on this fund that is why i took the responsibility of making this initial contact on behalf of my family.

 

Do remember also that this transaction requires Ultmost Trust andConfidentiality. Your earliest response to this proposal will be highly appreciated.

God bless you.

 

Yours Truly,

Mrs. Rebecca Garang

(For the family)

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