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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: smith2_2005@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 11:39:54 +0200
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE

FROM- SMITH YUSUF
JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA

Dearest one,
URGENT ASSISTANCE

My names is SMITH YUSUF the elder son of Mr.MICHAEL YUSUF of zimbabwe. It might be a surprise to you where I got your contact address,i got it from the net.
During the current crises against the farmers of Zimbabwe by the supporters of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white owned farms in our country, he ordered all the white farmers to surrender their farms to his party members and their followers. My father was one of the best farmers in the country and knowing that he did not support the president’s political ideology, the president’s supporters invaded my father’s farm burnt down everything, shot him and as a result of the wounds sustained, he became sick and died after two days.And after his death, My mother and I with two of my younger sisters decided to move out of Zimbabwe for the safety of our lives to South-Africa. Before he died, he wrote his "WILL", which reads "(MYBELOVEED SON ,I WISH TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SUM OF ($20M DOLLARS)TWENTY MILLION U.S DOLLARS WHICH I DEPOSITED IN A BOX WITH A SECURITY COMPANY IN JOHANNESBURG(SOUTH-AFRICA). IN CASE OF MY ABSENCE ON EARTH CAUSED BY DEATH ONLY".

you should solicit for reliable foreign partner to asist you to transfer this money out of SOUTH-AFRICA for investment purpose. I deposited the money in your
name and it can be claimed by you alone with the deposit code. your mother has all the documents.Take good care of your mother and two sisters." From the above, you will understand that the lives and future of my family depends on this money as much, I will be very grateful if you can assits us.We are now living in South-Africa as POLITICAL ASYLUM SEEKERS andthe financial law of SOUTH-AFRICA does not allow ASYLUM SEEKERS certain financial rights to such huge amount of money .In view of this, I cannot invest this money in South-Africa, hence I am asking you to assist me transfer this money out of South-Africa for investment pusposes. For your efforts, I am prepared to offer you 20% of the total fund, while 5% will be set aside for local and international expenses and 75% will be kept for my family and I.(ME). Finally modalities on how the transfer will be done will be conveyed to you once we establish trust and confidence between ourselves. Looking forward to your urgent reply from you.

NOTE: THE KEY WORD TO THIS TRANSACTION IS ABSOLUTE
CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECRECY. THIS TRANSACTION IS 100%
RISK FREE. YOUR URGENT RESPONSE WILL BE HIGHLY
APPRECIATED.

Thank you so much.
My sincere regards,
SMITH YUSUF (FOR THE FAMILY)


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