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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" <dodithemba1@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: dodithemba@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 15:14:08 +0100
Subject: Keep me Posted ASAP.

Complements.

We opted to use the only secured and confidential medium (email) available to seek your consent for a foreign assistance/partnership in a business transaction, which is of mutual benefit.

I am a member of the Federal Government of South Africa Contract Award and Monitoring Committee, Department Of Minerals and Energy (DME). My Committee awarded a contract to a foreign firm in DME. This contract was over invoiced to the tune of US$11.5M. U.S. Dollars. This was done deliberately. The over-invoicing was an agreement by my committee to benefit from the project. We wish to transfer the proceeds, which is in a suspense Account with DME into any Overseas Account that we expect you to provide for us.

BENEFITS: -

For providing the account where we shall remit the money, you will be entitled to 25% of the money, 70% for my colleagues and I, 5% set aside to cover for any expenses that may be incurred during or after the course of transfer, both locally and international.

It doesn't matter if your company does contract projects of this nature. The conclusion is that your company won the major contract and subcontracted it to other companies.
Many a time, major companies or firms of unrelated fields win major contracts and
subcontracts to more specialized firms for execution.

We have strong reliable connections and contacts at the Reserve Bank of South Africa, Federal Ministry of Finance. We have no doubt that the funds will be released and transferred if we get the necessary foreign partner to assist us. On conclusion of the transaction, we shall through our links withdraw all documents used from all the
concerned Government Ministries for 100% security.

Please confirm your interest via Tel No: 27 73 181 5108, Fax No; 27 11 507 6134. Or Email: dodithemba@tiscali.co.uk <mailto:dodithemba@tiscali.co.uk> . Should you decline the offer, please keep me posted to enable me scout for another foreign partner.

I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation,

Yours Truly,

MR.THEMBA DODI
For and on behalf of the officials involved.

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