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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: "THEMBA DODI" <thembadodi@post.com>
Reply-To: thembadodi1@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 16:46:24 +0100
Subject: Details (Business)

Dear Sir,
This email may come to you as a surprise but I plead with you to patiently read through it before making a decision. I wish to solicit for your assistance in this transaction, which I strongly believe, will be of mutual benefit to all parties.
My name is MR. THEMBA DODI, a branch manger with a leading South African bank. Our client, Mr. ADAMS RICK now late made a fix deposit of GB£ 25,000,000.00 (twenty five million British pounds sterling only) with the bank with no known nominated next of kin.
All efforts made to trace any known relations of his proved abortive, and no one has contacted the bank in this regard. We therefore seek your consent to nominate you as the next of kin of our late client and transfer funds into your would be nominated bank account. All modalities for the successful transfer of funds into an offshore bank account have been put in place.
We have agreed you retain 30% of funds after transfer into your account, should you accept to assist us. 68% to be paid to us, 2% set aside for expenses parties might incur during and after the transaction
Please kindly confirm your interest and willingness to assist. For confidentiality, please reply via email or Tel/Fax No 27 11 507 5127. I am looking forward to a favourable reply from you. Please kindly state your full private contact details for easy communication.


I remain
Yours Faithfully,
THEMBA DODI
For and on behalf of the officials involved

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