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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: "ray matins" <ray_matins29@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 22:36:51 +0200
Subject: URGENT FAMILY ASSISTANCE NEEDED

FROM : Ray matins
PLOT 18 MARVIN STREET
JOHANNESBURG,SOUTH AFRICA
TEL:+27 83 3983450.


ATTN:President/Ceo,


My name is : Ray matins , the eldest son of Mr.Francis Matins of Zimbabwe.
This might be a surprise to you about how I got your contact address for you
do not know me before. I will let you know later. During the current war
against the rich white farmers in Zimbabwe, from the supports of our
president Robbert Mugabe to claim all the white owned farms to his own party
members and his followers, he ordered all the white farmers in Zimbabwe to
surrender all their farms to his party members and his followers.

My father is one of the best farmers in our country, and because he did not
support Mugabe's idea, Mugabe's supporters invaded my father's farm and
burnt everything in the farmland, killing my father and made away with all
the things in my father's farm. Before his death, my father had deposited
with one of the security company in Johannesburg South Africa, the sum of
$US40 Million (Forty Million United States Dollars). Then after the death of
my father, my family decided to move to South Africa where my father had
deposited the money.

So I decided to contact overseas partner that will assist me to move this
money out of South Africa because as an assylum seeker in South Africa, I
cannot operate any account. we have aggreed to offer you 20% of the total
sum for your assistance,10% will be mapped out for expenses, and 70% for my
family. So Please, if you think you can be of any assistance to me and my
family, kindly furnish me with your fax and phone numbers for easy
communication.

You can contact me via my phone number,Tel:27-83 398 3450 Note that this
transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely confidential for my family's
sake.

Hoping to hear from you soonest.


Thanks and God bless you.
Ray Matins
(for the family).

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