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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: "maria hamakuya" <mariah@infolotteragent.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 17:55:03 +0000
Subject: INVESTMENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

INVESTMENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

Sir,

I am Mrs. Maria Hamukuya, the wife of a late Military General an erstwhile
top-ranking member of a frontline liberation movement in Angola, whose
organization had engaged the Angolan government in a protracted civil war
since 1975. Now in South Africa taking refuge with my children as what
can be described as humiliation and treat of life by the present government
in Angola.

My late husband secured and lodged a total sum of US$8.5Million Dollars with
a security company for the purpose of war. I now wished to channel this
US$8.5Million U.S Dollars belonging to my late husband lodged with a
security company in Europe into productive investment ventures instead of
war. i look to make this investment discreetly under discretionary asset
management arrangement.

I have contacted you on the consideration that you could assist me on the
possibility of placing this fund with you for management either in your
existing establishment or other venture to be undertaken at your discretion
under terms to be agreed upon until when I’m fully recovered of my ill
health which has kept me in the hospital for so long. I therefore prefers a
long term investment be made with the funds in your country.

Upon receipt of your response, with an assurance that you will keep the
confidentiality of this matter,I will furnish you with further details of
the deposit and the kind assistance that will be required of you towards the
actualization of this transaction. All replies in response of this mail
shall be directed to my private email address:mariahamakuya@netscape.net
alongside your telephone number for discussion.

I will earnestly appreciate your kind assistance as I look forward to your
urgent reply

Yours truly,

MRS MARIA HAMUKUYA
Email: mariahamakuya@netscape.net

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