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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: ZULU MUPESA <zulumup@fiatalur.hu>
Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 04:40:25 +0100
Subject: PLEASE KINDLY GET BACK TO ME

DEAR SIR / MADAM,

I wish to begin by way of introduction. I am Zulu Mupesa, the first
and only surviving son of late Marc Magama Mupesa one of the foremost
and rich black farmers in Zimbabwe recently murdered in the land
dispute in my country. Before the death of my father, he had taken me
to Johannesburg-South Africa, to deposit the sum of US$15 million
(Fifteen Million United States Dollars) in one of the private
security companies, as family valuables, when he realized the looming
danger in Zimbabwe. This amount was meant for the purchase of new
machineries and chemicals for the farms and also for the
establishment of new farms in Swaziland.


This land dispute started when President Robert Mugabe introduced a
new land reform, which was particularly targeted at the rich white
farmers and a few black farmers (my father included). This resulted
in the gruesome killing of rich farmers (mainly whites) and the
unlawful possession of their properties by Mugabes war veterans,
under the disguise of fighting for the interest of the country. It is
against this background that I fled the country with my family, to
the Netherlands where we are currently seeking asylum.

I have decided to seek foreign assistance, as the Netherlands law
prohibits asylum seekers from operating bank accounts or involve in
financial transaction of any kind, hence this letter to you. All I
need is your trustworthiness to be able to entrust the above said
amount and help me with investment opportunities. My family's
survival depends on this money as we have virtually lost all our
assets.

There are two options, firstly, you can choose to accept 30% of the
total amount for your assistance or go into partnership for the
proper investment of the money in your country. We shall discuss in
detail the modalities involved when you reply providing me with your
telephone number.

I await your reply through this contact e-mail ddress:zulumupesa44@mail.com,
while I implore you to maintain the absolute secrecy required to
ensure a safe and hitch free transaction.

I shall furnish you with more details on request.

Yours truly,

MR.ZULU MUPESA

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