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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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From: anthonyvusu002 anthonyvusu002 <anthonyvusu002@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 06:44:26 -0800 (PST)
Subject: FUND TRANSFER


Mr ANTHONY VUSU
Chartered Accountant,
ABSA International Banking
Services, ABSA Bank

+ 27 -732596670


FUND TRANSFER


Attn; MANAGER/CEO,

I write you in anticipation that it will be strictly confidential and such will introduce myself to you. Being a chartered accountant by profession and the auditor general of the Amalgamated Bank of South Africa (ABSA). There is an investment situation we had come to realise and therefore has an intention that you would work with us for our mutual benefits in believe that this fund will be secured in your account regarding to your firm and reputation, i got your contact from south sfrica information exchange via your country's high commission.

I and the manager want to transfer the sum of money now amounting to approx. $72.5 Million from ABSA bank through the name of a foreign partner or company who will stand as the beneficiary of the fund to an offshore account. This fund is being held at the Johannesburg branch of ABSA under Unitrust Investments in the name of Mr. Donald Frost as the trustee of the account. The account has been declared dormant by the bank since Nov.2001.This sum needs to be claimed and was discovered during our last general auditing of the bank's accounts and holdings. Our inquiries and investigations in the transactions of Unitrust Investments revealed that the company was registered in 1991 by Mr.Donald Frost, a citizen of Zimbabwe. In recent times we discovered that Mr Frost was among the white farmers killed during the veteran war in Zimbabwe. The money in the account was donations from private, local and foreign companies, politicians and foreign government agents secretly funding and bac!
king the
MDC {Movement For Democratic Change} in Zimbabwe.

Mr. Donald Frost was a member and financer of the MDC, a white minority party opposed to the government of President Robert Mugabe and the ZANU PF. This of course was our finding. We therefore feel that Mr Frost had used his office to divert this fund prior to his death for his personal use. No relative of Mr. Frost, trustee or executioner has come for the fund since last year. I and the Manager therefore decided to transfer the fund through a foreign partner or company who will stand as the beneficiary to this fund. We will arrange for the necessary documents that will be required in the transaction and use our position and contacts to obtain approval and transfer of the money through the Reserve Bank of South Africa. However, as public servants, we need the assistance and co - operation of a foreign partner to achieve this successfully. We intend to invest this fund in a Joint Partnership Company at the conclusion of this transaction.

This transaction demands trust, prudence, and strict confidentiality so that we don' t loose our jobs or run into problems. However, we have arranged for a very smooth and risk - free transaction if given the assistance and co -operation. We will offer you 30% of the money at the end of the transaction, 10% for expenses incurred while we have 75% for possible investment in your country at your supervision. We believe that you will be trusted to secure our share of this money in your own account after you'd confirmed it. Contact us through the above telephone and fax numbers or e - mail in indication of your interest in this transaction. More informations will be given to you when we here from you..

Kindly adopt and treat accordingly


Best regards

Mr Anthony Vusu





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