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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: "PIERS MARK" <piersmark_bank@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 10:21:04 -0700
Subject: ENQIURIES

URGENT REPLY
THE RESERVE BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA
MR MARK PIERS (AN ACCOUNTANT WITH THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE).

RE: CONTRACT AGREEMENT.

Dear Sir/Madam

I wish to acknowledge and recognize your importance in this business transaction, which will take us only few weeks. I am a member of contract awarding committee, which I was the chairman. A contract was awarded to foreign company to lay Electric cables from East London to Eastern cape which was awarded in the year 2002, the contract was 60 million United State dollars (372 millions rands) but been a contract awarding committee chairman I over inflated in to the tone of 90 million United State Dollars, the work have been completed and the company have been paid by South African Reserve bank by Tito Mboweni and they have gone, what is left now is 30 million United State Dollars which was kept in one of the Finance/Security Company set up by the South African Government that is in charge of paying foreign contractors.



I need your assistance to assist me conclude this golden opportunity and to secure the fund into your possession, because being the chairman, I cannot do it alone without the help of a foreigner who will stand as the contractor who executed the job. So
furnish me with the following particulars for me to perfect the remittance of this fund to your possession.

1, YOUR FULL NAMES.
2, YOUR RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS.
3, YOUR PRIVATE PHONE/FAX NUMBERS.

Please you should keep the business very secret and confidential to yourself, do not tell anybody even your wife or your children till the money gets to your account, then I will join you in your country for a meeting and subsequent, introduce me into a profitable business where I will invest my own share of the fund.
I have set aside 100% to be shared between our side here and you. I being the contract awarding committee chairman, 70% remain for me and my colleague involved in these procedures. You that is assisting us will get 25% then 5% will be shared between both parties for any expenses we may meet on the way during this transaction. You can contact me only in the evening after work and also during the weekends on this number: +27 83 75 77 889 because our calls in the office are recorded . Please keep it very secret and confidential to yourself. Awaiting your urgent response for us to proceed.
God bless.



Best regards
From: Mark Piers.

(AN ACCOUNTANT)

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