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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: drmansinga@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 09:20:31 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?URGENT=20BUSINESS=20ASSISTANCE?=

Dear Friend,
I write to seek your cooperation as my foreign partner
and your assistance to enable us to own properties and
invest in the stable economy of your country. I apologize
if this mail does not suit your personal or business
ethics.
My name is Dr.Paul Mansinga, We are making this venture
proposal to you in strict confidence. As senior civil
servants in the South Africa Government, the South African
civil service laws (Code of Conduct bureau) forbid us to
own a foreign account. The money we have in our possession
is an overdue payment bill totaling Twenty Six Million,
Four Hundred and Twenty Six Thousand US Dollars
(US$26,426,000.00) which we want to transfer abroad with
the assistance and co-operation of a company/or an
individual to receive the said funds, via a reliable Bank
Account.
If you will like to assist us as a partner, then indicate
your
interest after which we shall both discuss on the
modalities. All other information to facilitate the
remittance of the funds will be revealed to you in due
course. For your assistance, you shall receive 30%
amounting to US$7,927,800.00 of the US$26.426Million, 60%
amounting to US$15,855,600 for us and 10% amounting to
US$2,642,600 will be used to settle taxation and other
miscellaneous expenses in the course of transferring the
funds to your account. Please indicate your direct
telephone and direct fax number when replying this business
proposal preferably through my alternative address as this
is my only confidential email
address:paul_mansinga@yahoo.co.uk, I will call you when
necessary. If you are not interested, please also indicate
so that it will enable me to contact
other foreign partner with recommendations to carry out
this deal. A swift acknowledgment of your receipt of this
mail will be appreciated.

Thank you and God bless you.
Best regards.
Dr. paul mansinga
Department of Transport
Republic of South Africa.







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