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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: daniel20ford@terra.com.mx
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 04:44:03 -0800
Subject: urgent reply needed!

Dear Friend,
I am Mr. Daniel Ford the son of the late Terry Ford, a farmer In Zimbabwe;
I am contacting you for assistance due to the recent problems that my family
is facing in Zimbabwe.After the last general elections in my
country when the incumbent President Mr. Robert Mugabe won he adopted a
very aggressive land reform programme. During this period of the Land Reform
Act of which many rich White farmers were killed, our farmland was attacked,
looted and burnt down by militants sponsored by the dictator President Robert
Mugabe and in the process my father was killed.
Before his death, he had traveled to Europe to deposit the sum of $23,000,000.00
(Twenty Three Million United States Dollars) with a security/finance company
in Europe, as he foresaw the Looming dangers in Zimbabwe. The amount was
meant for the purchase of new machineries and Chemicals proposed for new
farms in Zimbabwe. This cash was kept with the Security Company for fear
of seizure by the Government, as President Mugabe had declared war on white
farmers.
We have been unable to travel to Europe due to the recent problems in our
country Zimbabwe we cannot secure a visa. It is due to this situation that
we have decided to contact you for assistance to make claims of this fund
from the security firm in Europe on behalf of my family. As soon as you
claim this fund you will transfer it into your account, deduct your share
and secure our share until we come over to your country.
For your assistance you will be entitled to 10% of the total fund, While
3% will be used for any expenses that we may incur in the course of this
transaction.
Note that you will assist us invest our share of this funds in a profitable
business in your country with your supervision. Please get back to me immediately
so we can proceed.
Please contact me via this Email:danie_fd1000@yahoo.com
Regards and God Bless.
Mr danie ford.
NB: For more information on the death of my father and the problems in
Zimbabwe see the links below:
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/772524.stm>
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1878846.stm>
<http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/03/18/zimbabwe.farmer>
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/zimbabwe/article/0,2763,181153,00.html>
<http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/africa/08/09/zimbabwe.farmers>


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