419 scam: Dorothy Kilambe <dkilambe@live.com> EMINENTLY CONFIDENTIALARTNERSHIP REQUEST}Proposal): Your DelPŒë¸"

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "demurrage " (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 send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "hundred thousand 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)
- "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.
- +27723741486 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Dorothy Kilambe <dkilambe@live.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: den.kilambe@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:50:48 -0500
Subject: EMINENTLY CONFIDENTIAL

EMINENTLY CONFIDENTIAL
From: DR. MRS. DOROTHY KILAMBE

Dearest,

SOLICITING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE FROM A WIDOW

It gives me a great pleasure to contact you, and I do hope this letter
will not come to you as a surprise. I am Dr. Mrs. Dorothy Kilambe wife
of a farmer in Zimbabwe who was recently murdered in the land dispute
in my country. I got your con tact through network online hence
decided to write you. Before the death of my husband, he had taken me
a n d my son to Johannesburg to deposit the sum of US$18.5 million
(Eighteen million, Five Hundred thousand United States dollars), in
one of the private security company, as he foresaw the looming danger
in Zimbabwe. This money was deposited in a box as gem stones to avoid
much demurrage from the security company. This amount was meant for
the purchase of new machines and chemicals for the Farms and
establishment of new farms in Swaziland.

This land problem came when Zimbabwean President Mr. Robert Mugabe
introduced a new Land Act Reform wholly affecting the rich white
farmers and some few black farmers, and this resulted to the killing
and mob action by Zimbabwean war veterans and some lunatics in the
society. In fact a lot of people were killed because of this Land
reform Act for which my husband was one of the victims. It is against
this background that, I and my family fled Zimbabwe for fear of our
lives and are currently staying in South Africa, where we are seeking
political asylum and moreso have decided to transfer my husbands money
to a more reliable foreign account.

For partnership purpose, and for the sake of humanity, we decided to
contact you in confidence to inform you that we have in our possession
all substantiality of the deposit made by my late hu sband which were
fund s that were in ones heart moved out of Zimbabwe to South Africa.
This fund involves a total cash sum of US$18.5M, which were hidden and
packaged in one big Metal Box, presently kept with a Diplom atic
Security Deposit Company in South Africa, as a family treasures. In
regards to this, you are to forward your private telephone and fax
number to enable my son communicate with you, so as to arrange the
mode of the transfer from South Africa to your country.

For security reasons all communications regarding to this business
should be strictly by mail and telephone. Secondly, We have agreed to
offer you 25% of the total sum for your immense assistance to us,
while you will hold 75% on trus t for us as we would like to invest
our share in your country in a good business and also invest in charity.

Please you are required to treat this letter as highly confidential as
no other person knows about this money except me, my son (Dennis
Kilambe), your very self and our lawyer in South Africa. Looking
forward to hearing from you via my son in Johannesburg, Email:
dkilambe@live.com ,Tel: +27 72 374 1486
May God bless you as you help a widow in need of help.

Yours sincerely,

DR. MRS. DOROTHY KILAMBE

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