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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: josephelsworth@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 01:07:49 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?ASSISTANCE?=


215 sandton.2.st.G.R.A,
Presdent Fouch Drive. Str.
Johannesburg South Africa,

TEL: +27-737 758 672
Email With this: josephelsworth@mail.com



Good Day,

Compliments of the day and how are you.I know my letter
will come to you as surprise. Please I need your urgent
assistance to transfer my dead father's money into
your account.My name is Mr. Joseph Elsworth, the son of Mr.
Ben Elsworth a white farmer who is married to a Zimbabwean
woman. My dead father was a prosperous farmer and owns the
largest farmland in disputed area in our country. As if he
knew before his death, he deposited a total sum of Thrity
MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS (US$30,500,000.00)
with a Security Company in South Africa.Prior to the time
he was shot by the Opposition party members of President
Mugabe over the white farmers dispute.

Presently, we are living in South Africa as Asylum seekers
where I got your contact from JCCI.(Johannesburg Chamber of
Commerce and Industry).We would like you to assist us
transfer this money to your private or company’s
account to enable us come over there for investment and
safeguard our life too because the South African Government
does not allow asylum seekers to operate or invest in South
Africa. Based on this we are contacting you as a foreign
partner to this venture.

We have resolved to offer you 20% of the total money and
take 70%, while, 10% will be for any expenses that might be
incurred during the transaction.

Please note that the only basis for this urgent plea is to
hope that you can handle this money in strict confidence
and trust.

Meanwhile, our arrangement is to come down with you to your
country on conclusion of this transfer.

You may contact me urgently through email or phone me on my
private number +27-737 758 672, more information.

Waiting for your quick reply.

Best regards,

Nr JOESPH ELSWORTH.





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