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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: michaelngobe@netscape.net
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 07:34:47 -0800
Subject: REQUEST FOR URGENT TRANSFER

FROM:MR.MICHAEL NGOBE.
TEL:0027-83-337-7533.
EMAIL:michaelngobe@netscape.net.



ATTN: DIRECTOR/CEO.

REQUEST FOR URGENT TRANSFER


In my quest for a reliable and trusted partner for a highly important
andlucrative venture cum investment, I came across your contact as a
reliable partner for this venture.

I am Mr.Michael Ngobe,one of the senior Accountants of AMALGAMATED BANK
OF SOUTH AFRICA (ABSA). To highlight you on this proposal, there
is an account opened in this bank since 1980 till 1990 after which,
nobody has operated on this account again till date. After going through
some old files in the records, I discovered that if I do not remit this
money out urgently it would be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this
account is Mr.Ben Andreas, a foreigner, and a miner at Kruger gold co.,
a geologist by profession who died since 1990. No other person knows about
this and my investigation further proved to me that his company does not
know anything about this account and the amount involved as he made it his
personal account. The money outstanding before his death was (USD 26
Million) Twenty Six Million United States Dollars.

I am now contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be
approved to a national with a local bank account here. But can only be
approved to any foreign account because the money is in US dollars and
the former owner, a foreigner. I implore you to act as foreigner and
beneficiary to the fund as I will then intimate you on the processes
abound as well as procure all the necessary documents required to lay
claim to the money.

If you are capable and willing to handle such amount in strict
confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for our
mutual benefit I shall highly appreciate. I need trusted person in this
business because I do not want to make mistakes; I need your strong
assurance and trust. With my position now in the office I can effect
transfer of this money to any foreigner's reliable account, which you can
provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending my
arrival in your country for disbursement. On the alternative, you can come
down here to South Africa for us to meet one to one.

Send me your private telephone and fax numbers upon receipt of this
proposal, if you genuinely want to assist and be a co-partner. I will
also wants us to meet face to face, to enable us sign a binding
agreement.As soon as you receive this money into a foreign account or any
account of your choice where the fund will be safe. I will proceed to your
country for onward percentage distributions and investment. I need your full
co-operation to make this work because the management is ready to approve
this payment to any foreigner, who has correct information of this account,
which I will give to you later immediately.I will use my position and influence
to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account with
appropriate clearance forms of the ministries and foreign exchange departments.
At the conclusion of this business, for your assistance, 25% of the total amount
will be accrue for you, 70% for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties
might have incurred during the process of the transfer .

I implore you to maintain the absolute confidentiality of this
transaction.

Your earliest response is urgently awaited.

Truely Yours,

Mr.MICHAEL NGOBE.

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