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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:
  • "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Julian Khani"<mailer@validsender.info>
Reply-To: <centralmarketpoint@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 19:14:07 +0100
Subject: Respond Today Please


Dear Sir

I am Mrs Julian Khani of Zimbabwe wife of late Z. Khani a well known farmer and diamond merchant but my husband died of hearth attack after the seizure of all his life times investment in Zimbabwe by the Government of Robert Mugabe and and this includes his farmes and money in his account. And my but lost nearly all to the Government of Robert Mogarbe but I Thank God my husband was able to transfer the sum of USD55.5million through a deplomatic channel means to one of the Finance Companies outside my country (Zimbabwe) before his death and the money is contained in two treasury boxes which we made the security to understand that the money belong to my late husband's customer in your country who will later contact them for onward transfer of the money to him.

Further to this as a matter of importance, please my reason of contacting you, is that I am honestly in need of your assistance to help me and my children transfer the money to your country by standing as my late husband's business partner to whom the money is to be transfered to. And please note that this for onward investment in your country for my children upbringing as we are finding a way to leave this country to settle down there in your country and continue our lives. You may wonder how I got your address, it was seen in one of my late husband's file and I am sure you may be one of our numerous customers and I have every trust in you as one who knows my late husband and will not sit on the money when you receive it. Please note that we have no other place to run to until the money gets to you.

Kindly do every thing possible to reply this mail so as to enable me give you the full contact details of the Finance Company where the money for your immediate transfer to your country. And please keep this very confidential as it is only you and I that knows about this and I will like this to remain confidential. And be informed also that I have resolved to compensate you with 30% of the total fund for your assistance.

In my next mail to you, I shall send you my photograph so that you will know whom you are dealing with.

Thanks and God Bless as I urgently await your reply.


Mrs Julian Khani

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