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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: ls_musasike145@terra.com.mx
Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 13:24:15 +0100
Subject: Please Reply

Mr. Lewis Musasike
Development Bank of Southern Africa.
1258 Lever Road,
Headway Hill,
MIDRAND
Republic Of South Africa.

Hello,
I am Mr. Lewis Musasike, General Manager (Treasury) of Development Bank
of Southern Africa. This is an urgent and very confidential business proposition.

On June 6, 2001,a Foreign Oil consultant/contractor with the South African
Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Mr. Kelvin Smith made a numbered time(Fixed)
Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$15,500,000.00,(Fifteen
Million, five hundred thousand Dollars).

Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but
got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered
from his contract employers, the National Petroleum Corporation that Mr.
Kelvin Smith died from an automobile accident. On further investigation,
I found out that he died without making a WILL and all attempts to trace
his next of kin were fruitless.

I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Kelvin Smith
did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents, including
his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$15,500,000.00 has
carefully been fixed in my bank for safekeeping.
No one will ever come forward to claim it. According to South African Law,
at the expiration of 5 (five) years, the money will revert to the ownership
of the Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.

Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a Foreigner to stand
in as the owner of the money which was fixed deposited in my bank. I am
writing you because I as a public servant, I cannot operate a foreign account.

I want to present you as the owner of the funds so you can be able to claim
them with the help of my attorney. This is simple. I will like you to provide
immediately your full names and address so that the Attorney will prepare
the necessary documents which
will put you in place as the beneficiary of the funds.

The money will be moved out for us to share in the ratio of 70% for me and
30% for you. The paperwork for this transaction will be done by the Attorney.
If you are interested, please reply immediately via my email address and
upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant
documents that will help you understand the transaction. Please observe
utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this transaction would
be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance
to invest my share in real estate within your country.

Due to the confidentiality nature of this Transaction our communication
can only be via email and fax mostly.

Awaiting your urgent reply via my email.

Thanks and my regards.

Lewis Musasike.


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Confidentiality Notice: The information in this e-mail is confidential and
may also be the subject of legal privilege.It is intended solely for the
addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify me immediately.
You are hereby placed on notice that any copying, publication or any other
form of dissemination of this e-mail or its
contents is prohibited.

This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper
for the presence of computer viruses.

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