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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: jerrygezi@webmail.co.za
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 12:34:47 +0200
Subject: SURPRISE PACKAGE

Attn: Sir / Madam,

My name is JERRY GEZI, origin of South Africa and I am working with Icon security company
here, there is a silver box I discovered containing 8.5 million us dollars but was deposited as
a valuable goods belonging to late Major General Sani Abacha and this box was deposited on 23
of November 1995 .

This very customer passed away since 1996 and non of his family member has come to claim this
consignment so I have taken it upon me to contact you for assistance so that we can convey this
very box to the U.S.A with the help of a diplomat that conveys diplomatic goods from our company to the U.S.A .

This very consignment has accumulated the bill of 38,000 us dollars for safe keeping at present
Base on this I have an investor there in the U.S.A that can assist us in rising this fees but
he will have 10% of the total sum and you will have 10% for your assistance but if you handle
the transaction sole you will be entitled to 20%.

If you are interested in working with me you must forward me this information?s below-

1,FULL NAMES
2,HOME / OFFICE ADDRESS
3,TELEPHONE / FAX NUMBER
4,SCANNED PICTURE PAGE OF YOUR PASSPORT OR DRIVERS LICENCE

With this information?s I will make the charge of ownership of the consignment to the
information you will forward to me, then I will forward you the diplomat contact for you to
contact him regarding the uplifting of the box to the U.S.A and some parts of Europe and Asia
countries.

I will stop here till I hear from you and you must be rest assured that you are in a safe hand
and my attorney will be handling this transaction for us to avoid landing in to trouble like
money laundering e.t.c. More all so he will draft an agreement both parties will sign to bind
us in this transaction .

N.B : Please contact me via this e-mail address, jerrygezi005@yahoo.com .

Regards

JERRY GEZI

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