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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: "Gabriel mukanabe" <gabriel_muka@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: gabriel_muka205@sify.com
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 14:55:58 -0800
Subject: Honest person

DEAR Sir,
My name is Mr Gabriel Mukanabe. I am the eldest son of Late MR John
Mukanabe of ZIMBABAWE. This might be a surprise to you on how I got your
contact address. It was from the South African chamber of commerce and
industry in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Consequent upon the current war against farmers in Zimbabwe by the
supporters of President Mugabe, to claim all the white owned farms to
his party members and his followers, he ordered all white farmers to
surrender their farm lands to his party members and his supporters. My
dad was one of the richest and well known farmers in Zimbabwe, and due
to the fact that he did not support such an obnoxious and retrogressive
policy of MUGABE his farm was invaded by MUGABE'S thugs and everything
in the farm, including my dad were destroyed. He died in the process and
all the valuables in the farm were looted and those they couldn't loot,
they destroyed.

However, before his death, he had deposited with a security company in
South Africa, the sum of $24m USD {twenty four million United States
dollars} for safe keeping due to the heat that was turned on the
opposition by MUGABE. It therefore became imperative that we had to move
to South Africa, where he had deposited the money with a security
company, which he declared as valuables and family treasures.

I am therefore constrained to make this contact in order to seek your
help in moving this fund out from South Africa. Mystatus as an asylum
seeker does not permit me to operate any account in South Africa.

My family would be willing to offer you fifteen percent (15%) of the
total sum for your assistance; five percent (5%) will be mapped out for
all contingent expenses that may be incurred in the course of the
transaction, while Eighty percent (80%)will be for me and my family,
which we may hope to reinvest in your country. Only if you would
personally assure me that you would not sit on this money when
transfered into your designated account overseas.

We would be glad to hearing from you as soon as you receive this message
showing your interest to offer your assistance, as time is not on our
side.

Thanks and bless you.


Best Regards,

Mr. Gabriel Mukanabe

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