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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: "harris mark" <barristerharris@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 11:57:46 +0000
Subject: urgent

Dear MR/MRS,

We write to seek your cooperation as our foreign partner and your assistance
to enable us to own properties and invest in the stable economy of your
country.
My names are Mr harris mark .We are making this venture proposal to you in
strict confident.As senior civil servants in the South African Government,
the south African civil service law {Code of Conduct Bureau} forbid us to
own a foreign account. The money we have in possession is an overdue payment
bill totaling $26,426,000,00(TWENTY SIX MILLION FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX
THOUSAND USD) which we want to transfer abroad with the assistance and
co-operation of a company/or an individual to receive the said fund via a
reliable Bank account.
If you will like to assist us as partner,then indicate you interest after
which we shall both discuss on the modalities. All other information to
facilitate the remittance of the fund will be revealed to you in due
course.For your assistance, you shall receive 30% amounting to $7,927,800.00
of the $26,426.000.00, 60% amounting to $15,855.600 for us and 10% amounting
to 2,642.600 will be used to settle taxation and other miscellaneous
expenses in the course of transferring the funds to your account.
Please indicate you direct telephone and fax number when replying this
business proposal.I will call you when necessary.
A swift acknowledgement on the receipt of this mail will be appreciated.
Thank you and God bless you.

Mr harris mark

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