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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: "Zodwa Ndlovo"<zodwa.ndlolu01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <zodwa.ndlolu@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 15:07:19 +0200
Subject: **SPAM** Unclaim Fund


This serves to notify you about the existence of a certain fund held in a special account with the Reserve Bank of South Africa . This fund was generated a lottery organize by the South Africa lottery Board in Support for the Hoisting of the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa .

Three of your Country men Won US$2.1M ( Two Million One Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ) But only Two out of the three were paid, the last person was reported death in a accident prior to the Transfer, last November, since then this money has been lying dormant since no one has put a claim for the fund,

I am asking you to put a claim to this money, I want you to take advantage of this situation to avoid the Reserve Bank of South Africa suspending the fund . Also for me to effectively hand in a letter of claim to the Head of Administration of the Reserve Bank of South Africa , I need you to send me this information

Your Complete Name (s)
Date and place of Birth
Occupation
Your Complete address.
Phone and fax number.

Dr. Mrs. Zodwa Ndlovo.
International Liaison Officer
Reserve Bank of South Africa

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