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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: ytoyw <exwwMutanga@163.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 00:54:04 -0800
Subject: Business Proposal

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Barrister Kevin Mutanga,from south african and with office in the United Kingdom. I am the personal
attorney/solicitor to one MR. STEVEN STONE, who used to work as a contractor with various
government parastatals here in South Africa. Herein after shall be referred to as my client.

On the 21st of April 2002, my client, his wife and their only daughter were involved in a fatal car accident
along Pretoria express road. All the occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.Since then I
have made several enquiries here and abroad through your embassy to locate any of my clients
extended relatives, this has proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to
contact you, since you share the same last name.

I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the assets and capital of my client valued at (Twenty-One
million, Five hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($21.5 Million) left behind by my client, before the
money gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Reserve Bank of South Africa, the bank where
this huge deposit is lodged. The Reserve Bank of South Africa has issued me a notice to provide the
next of kin or have the account declared redundant and the large volume of money confiscated within
the next 25 working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over two years, now I seek your consent to
present you as the next of kin to the deceased, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you.

Therefore on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the modalities for the transfer and
the ratio with which we shall share the money. I have all necessary information and legal documents
needed to back you up for a successful claim. All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable
us see this transaction through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from the breach
of the law.

Kindly notify me via my email addresses below to indicate your willingness in assisting us and for further
details upon your acceptance of this proposal.

Best Regards,


Barrister Kevin Mutanga.


Email:adventure50@zwallet.com
Email:adventure@k.ro

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