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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: Mandla Gantsho <mangantsho444@personal.ro>
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 21:13:56 +0200
Subject: Reply Urgent Please (DBSA)

RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

# 17 OKPOKO CRESENT,
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH
AFRICA.

ATTN:

I have the honour to introduce to you this business in view of the fact that
you may be trustworthy and reliable. I am DR. MANDLA GANTSHO the eastern
district bank manager of DEVELOPMENT BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA (DBSA). There is an
account opened in this bank in April 1992 and since October 2000, nobody has
operated on this account again. After intensive investigations, I discovered
that the owner of this account was the owner of WILLIAM U. SMITH & CO LTD. A
foreign Contractor and he died in a ghastly motor accident that took place
while he was going to one of the company's construction site in August 1999
and the account has no beneficiary. My investigations prove to me as well that
his
company does not know anything about this private account of his. The amount
involved is 36MILLION USD (THIRTY SIX MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) ONLY.

In the light of the fact, I needed your assistance to open our door for this
golden opportunity by providing any account of your choice where the fund will
be remitted. Your assistance as a foreigner is necessary because the
management is ready to welcome any person, a foreigner who has correct
information of this account, which I am ready to give to you if you are
interested to conclude this transaction with me. You should be informed
strictly that I would burn all the documents involved in this transaction in
your presence immediately after this
money has been remitted to the account. I will use my position and influence
to affect the onward transmission of this money to your desired account.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 30% of the total amount,
65% will be for us, meanwhile 5% is mapped out for the expenses made. And be
reminded that in the process of this transaction that both parties will incur
expenses which will be deducted (with interest, were necessary) before the
sharing.

I look forward to your earnest reply through my E-mail; giving me the
following information:

(a) Your expected Compensation in percentage of capital/Income derived from
Total Invested capital.

(b) Annual percentage tax on capital income in your country

(c) Inflation rate in your country.

Yours truly,
DR. MANDLA GANTSHO
Reply to: mandlagantsho222@excite.com







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