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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: "Mrs.Blessing Malawe" <blessingmalawe2003@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 15:05:45 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Money transfer



Sir,
I got your contact courtesy of the South African chamber of commerce and Industry here in Johannesburg, My name is MRS. BLESSING MALAWE, the former wife of DEFENCE MINISTER GABRIEL MALAWE of the republic of GABON in Central Africa.
My only son and i are presently residing in Johannesburg, South Africa where we are seeking political Asylum following the latest dissolution of our 25 year-old marriage.

Before my marriage with the defence minister Gabriel Malawe finally broke-up, I was able to move out some reasonable sum of Money in US$ currencies out of the Presidential Villa in Libraville, which I intended to invest for myself and my only son. This fund amounts to a total of US$15M(fifteen Million US dollars) and presently in safe custody of a security firm here in Johannesburg pending when I will find a trusted foriegn business partner.

I am interested in any viable business venture in your country as long as the business
will not fail me because the lives of my son and i depends on this money as we may never in life go back to his father who outrightly abandoned us.
In your reply please indicate a few businesses you think will be of mutual benefit to both myself and yourself. We will be glad to part with a reasonable percentage of the total fund to you for all your assistances towards moving this money out of Johannesburg to your
country and helping us in terms of reasonable investment opportunities that will be of mutual benefit to my family and also your humble self.

Please indicate your willings and also include your private phone and fax numbers for quicker communication,. The above details are my private phone, fax and e-mail contacts.

Please maintain the absolute confidentiality of this previllaged piece of information and proposal as it is never the wish of me and my son that His father Gabriel Malawe ever know of our where-about for life.

Hoping to meet you very soon as our business relationship improves.
God bless you as we await your favourable response.

MRS BLESSING MALAWE.





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