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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: "mrs gloria danborri" <g_danbofamily@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 08:53:59 +0200
Subject: FROM: MRS. GLORIA:

FROM: MRS. GLORIA DANBORRI.
Johannesburg South Africa.
EMAIL:g_danbofamily@hotmail.com


Dear:Sir/Madam

My name is MRS. GLORIA DANBORRI, the wife of MR.ALLAN DANBORRI. from
Zimbabwe.
This might be a surprise to you about where I got your contact address. I
got your address from the South African Information center.

ALTHOUGH,IT IS NO LONGER NEWS,THE WORLD KNOWS THE WAY ALL THE WHITE FARMERS
IN ZIMBABWE IS BEING BRUTALLY MALTREATED BY OUR PRESIDENT, THREATINING
THEM TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY.

During the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supports of
our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white-owned farms to his party
members and his followers, he ordered all white farmer's to surrender all
their farms to his party members and his followers.

My husband is one of the best farmers in our country and because he did not
support Mugabe's ideas, Mugabe's supporters invaded my husband farm and
burnt everything in the farm, killing my husband and made away with a lot
of items in my husband's farm.

Before his death, my husband had deposited with one of the Security Company
in Johannesburg, South Africa the sum of US$14.8 Million (Fourteen Million
Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).

After the death of my husband, we escaped to the Republic of South Africa
where he had
deposited the money in the Security Company as valuables.

Because of our status as asylum seekers we are not allowed to operate any
bank account within South Africa or clear this consignment from the
security company. So I decided to contact overseas firms and companies that
will assist me to move this found out of South Africa for our mutual
benefit.

We have agreed to offer you 20% of the total sum for your assistance, 5%
will be mapped out forany expenses that may be incurred in the course of
this transaction and 75% will be for me and my family to invest in your
country.

Now, all I want you to do is to furnish me with your full addresses, your
country of origin, your personal phone and fax numbers,for easy
communication. You can contact my son JOHN on his personal email
address.email:personalmail@africamail.com or his telephone number
+27-83-361-9933.

Note: that this transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely confidential.
Finnaly,please do not hesitate to indicate of your interest and your
wllinness so that i will not make further contacts regarding this transfer.

Thanks and God bless.

With Lots Of Regards,

MRS.GLORIA DANBORRI.
(For the family)

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