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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: koloma20@terra.com.mx
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 04:06:42 +0100
Subject: from a friend

Dear Friend,

I am Koloma Mohammed, the attorney to Mr. Daniel Ford the son of the late
Terry Ford, a farmer In Zimbabwe. NB: For more information on problems in
Zimbabwe see the
links below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/772524.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1878846.stm
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/03/18/zimbabwe.farmer
http://www.guardian.co.uk/zimbabwe/article/0,2763,181153,00.html
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/08/09/zimbabwe.farmers

I am contacting you for assistance due to the recent problems that his family
is facing in Zimbabwe. After the last general elections in their country
when the incumbent President Mr. Robert Mugabe won he adopted a very aggressive
land reform program. During this period of the Land Reform Act of which
many rich White farmers were killed, their
farmland was attacked, looted and burnt down by militants sponsored by the
dictator President Robert Mugabe and in the process his father was killed.


Before his death, he had traveled to Europe to deposit the sum of $23,000,000.00
(Twenty Three Million United States Dollars) with a security/finance company
in Europe, name
withheld pending your acceptance of the offer, as he foresaw the Looming
dangers in Zimbabwe. The amount was meant for the purchase of new machineries
and Chemicals proposed for new farms in Zimbabwe. This cash was kept with
the Security Company for fear of seizure by the Government, as President
Mugabe had declared war on white farmers. They have been unable to travel
to Europe due to the recent problems in our country Zimbabwe we cannot secure
a visa. It is due to this situation that we have decided to contact you
for assistance to make claims of this fund from the security firm in Europe
on behalf of the family.

As soon as you claim this fund you will transfer it into your account, deduct
your share and secure our share until we come over to your country. For
your assistance you will be entitled to 20% of the total fund, While 3%
will be used for any expense that we may incur in the course of this transaction.


Note that you will assist us invest our share of this funds in a profitable
business in your country with your supervision.
Please get back to me immediately so we can proceed.

Regards,

Koloma Esq

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