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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Frank Makalele" <fmakalele2@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 12:21:33 +0200
Subject: I AM WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU .

MRS SUSAN M.BONGO,&
PRINCE FRANK BONGO
TEL:27-83 5525-722.
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
E-MAIL:(fmakalele2@hotmail.com)
(HIGHLY PRIVATE CONFIDENTIAL)
GOOD DAY:
I got your contact courtesy of the South African chamber of commerce and
Industry business Directory here in Johannesburg,My name is MRS SUSAN
M.BONGO,the former wife of (DEFENCE MINISTER GABRIEL BONGO) of the republic
of GABON in Central Africa.I and my only son are presently residing in
Johannesburg, South Africa where we are seeking political Asylum
following the latest dissolution of our 25 year-old marriage. Before my
marriage with the defence minister (Gabriel Bongo) finally broke-up, I was
able to move out some reasonable sum of Money in US$ currencies out of the
Presidential Villa in Libraville, which I intend to invest for myself and
my only son. This fund amounts to a total of US$15M(fifteen Million US
dollars)and this money is safely kept in the security vault of a private
security company in Johannesburg pending when I will find a trusted foriegn
business partner.

I am interested in any business you think can be very viable in your country
as long as the business will not fail me because the lives of me and my
son depends on this money as we may never in life go back to his father who
outrightly abandoned us.In your reply please indicate a few businesses you
think will be of mutual benefit to both myself and yourself. We will be
glad to part with a reasonable percentage of the total fund to you for all
your assistance towards moving this money out of Johannesburg to your
country and helping us in term of reasonable investment opportunities that
will be of mutualbenefit to my family and also your humble self.

Please indicate your willings and also include your private phone and fax
numbers for quicker communication, the above numbers are my private
telephone and fax numbers.For further enquiries, you may wish to call me or
my son on the above telephone numbers.Please maintain absolute
confidentiality of this previllaged piece of information and proposal as
it is never the wish of me and my son that His father (Gabriel Bongo) ever
know our wayabout for life. Hoping to meet you very soon as our business
relationship improves.
God bless you as we await your favourable reply,

MRS SUSAN M.BONGO AND PRINCE FRANK BONGO.

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