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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: "DAVID BRET" <RET@YAHOO.COM> (may be fake)
Reply-To: davidbret22@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 10:32:09 +0200
Subject: ATTN. PLS

From:David Bret.
54 Gilbert flats
Johannesburg
South Africa.

E.MAIL:davidbret22yahoo.co.uk

Attn.Director/CEO,
TRANSFER OF $19.4 MILLION US DOLLARS

You may be surprise to receive this letter from me
since you do not know me personally. My name is Mr.
David Bret, the first son of Mr. Kenneth Bret who was recently murdered in the land dispute
in the Zimbabwe. I got your contact through South
African Information Exchange (S.A.I.E.), hence I
decided to write you. After the death of my father, we
decided to dispose our properties worth {US$19.4M}
NINETEEN MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED THOUSANDUNITED STATES
DOLLARS only, and leaved for the nearest country with
our estate in South Africa.

I am writing not to take you for ride but based on the
land dispute in my country of which you may know if
you are conversant with world news. This land problem
came during last presidential election when Zimbabwean
president, Robert Mugabe introduced a new land reform
act which wholly affected the rich white farmers and
some few black farmers who are opposition
Party and this resulted to the killing and the mob
action of the Zimbabwean war veterans and some
innocent citizens in the society. Infact, a lot of
People were killed because of this land reform act in
which my father was one of the victims. It is against
this background that I and my family who
Are currently residing in South Africa decided to
transfer out our estate to foreign country. As the
eldest son of the father, I am now saddled with the
Responsibility to seek for you as a foreign person
whom I can transfer the money into his account.
I am faced with the dilemma of investing this amount
of money in South Africa for fear of going through the
same experience in the future since both countries
have similar political history.

As a businessperson, whom I have to entrust my family
and our estate in his custody I have to let you know
that the transaction is 100% risk free. Since I have
set up modalities for quick and easy transfer.
I have mapped out 5% of the total money for any
expenses incurred during the course of this transfer
and 25% for your assistance while the remaining
Percent will be for my investment in your country in
which you will assist.

Please do contact me with the above E-mail address for
further details if you are interested.
While I implore to maintain absolute confidentiality
in this transaction.

Best regards,

David Bret.

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