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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: tulanidave@webmail.co.za
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 08:43:36 +0200
Subject: YOUR RESPONSE

FROM :MR TULANI DAVID
S.A Airport Authority
tulanidave@webmail.co.za


I am MR TULANI DAVID, the Director of Goods/Assets&Forefeiture Unit attached with Jan
Smuts International Airport Johannesburg, South Africa,in my department we uncovered
the sum of US$16(Six Million United State Dollars) in a lugagage that we later
discover belongs to one Mr Lorena Aristides who is a cousin of Mr Joan Aristides
(Ex President of Haiti) now in exile in South Africa.

Since we got a tip off information about the lugage before it arrived, we proceeded
to apprehend it, and later
discover the content to be money.We then made contact with the Ex President and his
cousin,but they vehemently denial any knowledge of the said lugage.But unfortunately, nobody came forward to claim this money. It is based on this that i and my partners , have decided to establish a cordial business relationship with you, hence by contacting you through your e-mail We want you to proceed to LONDON, UK where we have concluded plans to deposited the fund with a (Security and Finance Bank) the money would be taken out of South Africa with the help of a security and finance company to her sister company in LONDON

If you are intrested and willing to travel to london and recieve this money on our
behalf then i will furnish you with the whole information about how you would recieve the money,depending on your response to this matter.

We did'nt want this money to go into the government account as an unclaimed bills as
usual, Because all the money therein will be forfeited to the government treasury
account.

hence we have decided it would be frieghted by diplomatic means with the help of the

security and finance company into London,to enable you to proceed and receive it on
our behalf, depending on your honesty and transparency proven.

Therefore i seek your consent to recieve this money on our behalf for our mutual
benefit,on receipt of your positive response,we shall then discuss the sharing ratio,
and modalities for the shipment of the fund to your account.

I have all necessary information needed to back you up,all that is required of you
is your willingness and honest cooperation to enable us see this business through.
i guarantee you that this will be executed under proper arrangements that will
protect you from any breach of the law.

Please keep this letter very confidential for security reason because of the
sensitive position of the personalities involved in this transaction.and feel free
to contact me with the above e-mail address for more details.

Best Regards

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