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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: Mr Evans Magume <mrevansmagume@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 11:51:05 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED PLEASE



FROM: MR EVANS MAGUME
SUITE 120 JUBILEE HOUSE
PARKTOWN JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA.
TEL: +27- 735-387-484

ATTN: THE PRESIDENT / CEO

PROPOSAL FOR URGENT BUSINNESS ASSISTANCE

My name is Mr Evans Magume. the son of late Mr Markotla Magume. of Zimbabwe. This might be surprise to you where I got your contact address. I found your contact while I was doing a private research on the Internet for a reliable and capable foreign partner that will assist me and my family.

During the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supports of our PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE to claim all the white owned farms in our country, so he ordered all the white owned farmers to surrender all their farms to his party members and his followers. And my father is one of the best farmers in our country because he did not support his idea and his supporters invaded my father farm and burnt everything in the farm and killed my father and confiscated all his investment .


After the death of my father, me and my mother decided to move out of Zimbabwe because our lives is still in danger with the money my father kept in his hidden safe. The amount contained in the safe is [US$ 29 000.000.00] (Twenty Nine Million United States Dollars only ) and we decided to move with the money through diplomatic means to the Republic of South Africa where we deposited the money in a security company and we were forced to seek a political asylum as a refugee. So I decided to contact an overseas firm whom will assist us to transfer the money out of South Africa. Because we are asylum seekers here in South Africa, which deprive us not to operate an account with any bank here in South Africa, Neither to invest.

If you consider this proposal please i want you to contact me with the above email address or telephone number or you can contact my mother with this email address [mrsjanemagume@yahoo.com ] Please i will like you to keep all this informations a top secret , and i will want you to give me your personal phone and fax number for easy communication.

NOTE: this transaction is 100% risk free and absolute confidential.

Your urgent response will be highly appreciated.

Thanks and God bless.

Sincerely yours,

Mr. EVANS MAGUME

(For The Family)













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