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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: "MRS RITA EDWARD" <mrsedrita@technisamail.co.za> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 18:50:09 +0100
Subject: Would u help?

My Dear

My name is Mrs. Rita Edwards. Wife of late Mr John Edwards
who was murdered In the struggle of land reform and
confiscation of farmland/properties owned by white farmers
in Zimbabwe, with claim that they now belong to black
indigenes.

I need your sincere corporation/partnership in investment
of the sum of $10.Million United States Dollars into a
lucrative business in your country, due to the circumstance
beholding us and the fact that I can not give out my
family life time earnings and properties to such an inhuman
act by the present government of Robert Mugabe, whom is
doing all forensic effort to traced and seized our money
and properties made through farm proceed

Find more stories through the website bellow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mugabe
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1210883.stm

I am reformed to hospital bed rest in treatment of lung
cancer and fluid, I have instructed my family attorney,
with all information /document to work and guide you
through the successful claim of the funds and proper
investment as you advice is also needed

Contact my Lawyer ASAP.
Barrister David Zazu
Email:office_zazuchambers@yahoo.com

God bless you.

Mrs. Rita Edwards

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