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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: ewebma@juno.com
Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 16:20:26 +0200
Subject: SINCERE REQUEST FOR CO-OPERATION

FROM: MR. ERIC WEMBA.
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.
FAX: 27 11 507 6531
TEL: 27 731 676 777

SIR, REQUEST FOR HUMBLE ASSISTANCE.

THIS LETTER IS MEANT TO CONTACT YOU FOLLOWING KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR ESTEEMED
SELF TO HELP US OUT OF THIS DIFFICULT SITUATION THAT MY FAMILY HAS BEEN
ENGULFED IN SINCE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER AND THE BREADWINNER OF OUR FAMILY
WHO WAS RECENTLY MURDERED IN THE LAND DISPUTE IN ZIMBABWE. SO PLEASE,
CONSIDER THIS AS A REQUEST FROM A FAMILY IN DIRE NEED OF ASSISTANCE. I AM
ERIC WEMBA FROM ZIMBABWE, THE FIRST AND THE ONLY SON OF LATE DR. SAMUEL
WEMBA COMMUNICATING TO YOU FROM JOHANNESBURG, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA. I,
ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY DECIDED TO SOLICIT FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE TO TRANSFER
THE SUM OF US$20.5MILLOIN (TWENTY MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE
DOLLARS) INHERITED FROM MY LATE FATHER INTO YOUR COMPANY OR PRIVATE BANK
ACCOUNT. BEFORE HIS DEATH, MY FATHER ON ONE OF HIS MANY TRIPS ABROAD! TOOK
ME TO JOHANNESBURG TO DEPOSIT THE SUM OF US$20.5 MILLION (TWENTY MILLION,
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) WITH A PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY
AS IF HE FORESAW THE ! LOOMING DANGER IN ZIMBABWE. THE MONEY WAS DEPOSITED
WITH THE SECURITY COMPANY ON OUR ARRIVAL IN JOHANNESBURG LARGELY FOR ITS
SAFETY. THE SOURCE OF THIS MONEY WAS FOR PURCHASE OF AGRO ALLIED FARM
EQUIPMENT FOR THE GOVERNMENT. THIS LAND PROBLEM AROSE WHEN PRESIDENT MUGABE
WHO ACCORDING TO MY LATE FATHER, IN A DESPERATE BID TO HOLD ON TO POWER FOR
LIFE INTRODUCED A NEW LAND ACT, WHICH WHOLLY AFFECTED THE RICH FARMERS WHO
WERE MOSTLY WHITE AND SOME BLACKS VEHEMENTLY CONDEMNED THE METHOD ADOPTED BY
THE GOVERNMENT. AND THAT RESULTED IN RAMPANT KILLINGS, LOOTING AND WIDE
SCALE MOB ACTIONS BY THE VETERANS AND SOME POLITICAL THUGS. UNFORTUNATELY,
MY LATE FATHER WAS AMONG THE FEW BLACK ZIMBABWEAN RICH FARMERS MURDERED IN
COLD BLOOD BY THE AGENTS OF THE RULING GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT ROBERT
MUGABE, FOR HIS ALLEGED OPPOSITION AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT'S NEW LAND ACT.
HEADS OF GOVERNMENT FROM THE WESTERN WORLD, ESPECIALLY BRITAIN AND THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAVE VOICED THEIR CONDEMNATI! ON AGAINST MUGABE'S
ACTIONS. AS IT STANDS NOW, I AM THE ONLY PERSON THAT HAS ACCESS TO THE MONEY
AND THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS NEEDED FOR ITS COLLECTION. FROM THE ABOVE, YOU
WILL UNDERSTAND THAT THE LIVES AND FUTURE OF MY FAMILY DEPEND ON THIS FUND
AS SUCH I WILL BE GRATEFUL IF YOU CAN ASSIST US. WE ARE NOW LIVING IN SOUTH
AFRICAN AS POLITICAL ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THE FINANCIAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS
OF SOUTH AFRICA DO NOT PERMIT US CERTAIN FINANCIAL RIGHTS. IN VIEW OF THIS,
I CANNOT INVEST THIS MONEY IN SOUTH AFRICA HENCE MY ASKING YOU TO ASSIST ME
TO TRANSFER IT OUT OF SOUTH AFRICA FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES IN YOUR COUNTRY.

FOR YOUR EFFORTS, WE ARE PREPARED TO OFFER YOU 20% OF THE TOTAL SUM WHILE
10% WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR EXPENSES INCURRED DURING THE COURSE OF THIS
TRANSACTION AND THE REMAINING 70% FOR THE FAMILY'S INVESTMENT ABROAD. PLEASE
NOTE THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS RISK-FREE AND THE MAJOR THING I ASK OF YOU IS
TO ASSURE ME THE SAFETY OF THE MONEY WHEN TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.
FURTHER INFORMATION AND ARRANGEMENT WILL COMMENCE AS SOON AS TRUST,
CONFIDENCE AND GOOD RELATIONSHIP IS ESTABLISHED. I SHALL BE MOST GRATEFUL IF
YOU MAINTAIN THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF THIS MATTER.

THANK YOU AS I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE VIA THE TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER ABOVE
FOR MORE DETAILS AND DON'T FORGET TO KEEP EVERY INFORMATION REGARDING THIS
AS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL.

BEST REGARDS,

MR. ERIC WEMBA.

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