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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: jori nyerere <jori_nyerere1@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 06:07:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT FAMILY ASSISTANCE.



PHONE:+27-83-7435271



ATTN: SIR/MADAM

CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL

I know that you may be surprise receiving this, but do please consider it a request from a young man in serious need of your humble assistance. My name is as above stated. I am the second son to late Dr.Julius Nyerere, former president of Tanzania who died due to a protracted illness. I am 28 years of age and a Graduate of Managerial Economics from the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

I am presently staying here in Johannesburg with my younger sister Lekky, but under the guidance of Barrister Douglas Smith, a reputable South African Attorney whom my late dad assisted immensely during his academic pursuit in my country. I got your contact from the world business journals and directories.

My sole reason for contacting you is to solicit for your kind assistance in helping me to invest in your country a cash fund of US$22Million I inherited from my late father. He had deposited this money in a vault of a private security company here in Johannesburg using my name as the sole beneficiary. I now want to invest this money carefully in your country since I felt more investment opportunities abound there.

Also, I do not have much of investments knowledge and I will be grateful if you could help me invest it religiously on a lucrative venture. But could you kindly please help me by nominating your personal or company bank account for the transfer of this money into your country for safe keeping pending my immediate arrival for onward investments? It will be unwise for me to carry it in physical cash. I have concluded to offer you 20% of the money for your kind assistance
and all expenses that you might incur on the process of this transfer are strictly subject to instant refund. The rest will be for my investments in your country, which I am going to rely on you heavily to help me materialize. Kindly contact me on the above phone numbers should this proposal happen to meet your utmost considerations. In sincerity,

Best regard

MR.JORI NYERERE





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