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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: judithmutamba@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 10:41:33 +0200
Subject: TENDER FOR CLAIM AND FUND TRANSFER

FROM:MRS JUDITH MOYO MUTAMBA
ATTN:MANAGING DIRECTOR/CEO.


TENDER FOR CLAIM AND FUND TRANSFER


Dear Sir/Madam,


This is to solicit the good report I received about your good personality through a good contact I made from the Zimbabwe Chamber of Commerce. Where a long list of foreign addresses was presented to me. And my intuition told me to contact you in this regard.Firstly, I will introduce myself to you, I am MRS.JUDITH MOYO MUTAMBA the first wife of Chief MOYO MUAMBA of Lupane village in Zimbabwe. Your assistance is needed in the family of Chief MOYO MUTAMBA OF LUPANE village.


Last four years as the chief of Lupane village, my husband sold more than twenty-five plot’s of lands to the white’s farmers companies, in our country and the money that was paid was divided into three parts by him and two parts of the money was used for development in our village Lupane and one of the remaining parts of the money is what my husband gained as the chief of Lupane village. Now due to the FARMERS CRISIS in our country Zimbabwe the government is now investigating about the lands that was sold to the white’s farmers illegal and the government asked my husband about the lands he sold in 1997 and he explained to the government that the lands he sold to the white farmers companies is legal and he also explained to the government how all the money was used for the development of the village.


The remaining part of money is what we need you to assist us to transfer it into your account in your country, so that we the entire family of Chief Moyo Mutamba of Lupane village, will not loose this part of money our father and husband gained as the chief of the village and we the entire family have decided to invest this money in your country. The sum of US$30.5m ( Thirty million five hundred thousand United States Dollars). Is what we want to transfer and we are offering you 25% percent of this money just for your assistance, and 5% for any internal and external expenses.
Furthermore details i will like you to contact my son in South Africa for him to give you more details about this transtaction,his contacts are:

Name:Mr. John Moyo Mutamba
Phone No:27-73-182-0825
E-mail : johnmoyo5055@yahoo.com

In conclusion, this transfer is risk free, because this money is in a safe place in our neighbouring country. Please consider this as a letter from a family in dare need of assistance.

Thanks and God bless.

My regards,

MRS.JUDITH MOYO MUTAMBA [for the family]

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