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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • michealmabaco@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "micheal mabaco" <micheamabacol@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: michealmabaco@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 08:19:26 -0500
Subject: Re

>From the Desk of: Dr micheal mabaco, Bsc, (SAU) MSc, MNIM, Ph.D

(DIRECTOR, PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION)

DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS AND ENERGY

P. B. X 62, PRETORIA



ATTN: President/CEO,


STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL & URGENT


I am Dr micheal mabaco, a native of Cape Town and Director of Project
Implementation, South Africa Department of Energy & Mineral Resources. I am
making this contact with you based on the committee’s need for an
individual/company who is willing to assist us with a solution to a money
transfer. First and foremost, I apologized using this medium to reach you
for a transaction/business of this magnitude, but this is due to
Confidentiality and prompt access reposed on this medium. In unfolding this
proposal, I want to count on you, as a respected and honest person to handle
this transaction with sincerity, trust and confidentiality.


I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution
of the deal described hereunder for the benefit of all parties and hope you
will keep it as a top secret because of the nature of this transaction.
Within the Department of Energy and Mineral Resources where I work as
Director of Project Implementation and with the cooperation of four other
top officials, we have in our possession as overdue payment bills totalling
Fourteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
(US$14,500,000.) which we want to transfer abroad with the assistance and
cooperation of a foreign company/individual to receive the said fund on our
behalf or a reliable foreign non-company account to receive such funds. More
so, we are handicapped in the circumstances, as the South Africa Civil
Service Code of Conduct does not allow us to operate offshore account hence
your importance in the whole transaction.


This amount $14.5m represents the balance of the total contract value
executed on behalf of my Department by a foreign contracting firm, which we
the officials over-invoiced deliberately. Though the actual contract cost
have been paid to the original contractor, leaving the balance in the tune
of the said amount which we have in principles gotten approval to remit by
Key tested Telegraphic Transfer (K.T.T) to any foreign bank account you will
provide by filing in an application through the Department of Justice here
in South Africa for the transfer of rights and privileges of the former
contractor to you.


I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you be
willing to assist us in the transaction, your share of the sum will be 30%
of the $14.5 million, 60% for us and 10% for taxation and miscellaneous
expenses. The business itself is 100% safe, on your part provided you treat
it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality. Also your area of specialization
is not a hindrance to the successful execution of this transaction. I have
reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint me.


Endeavour to contact me immediately by replying this mail
michealmabaco@yahoo.co.uk to confirm whether or not you are interested in
this deal. If you are not, it will enable me scout for another foreign
partner to carry out this deal. I want to assure you that my partners and
myself are in a position to make the payment of this claim possible provided
you can give us a very strong Assurance and guarantee that our share will be
secured and please, remember to treat this matter very confidential, because
we will not comprehend with any form of exposure as we are still in active
Government Service. Once again, remember that time is of great essence in
this transaction.


I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.


Yours faithfully,


Dr micheal mabaco

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