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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: jamesbrown2005@webmail.co.za
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 22:52:34 +0200
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL

FROM :MR JAMES BROWN,
FROM;MR JAMES BROWN
39 KINGS STREET OFF BOTHA AVENUE,
KINGDOW HALL SUIT 3D
PRETORIA
PHONE;+27836592118


URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL
Dear Sir,

I most apologise for this unsolicited proposal but I want
you to consider it as a request with the best of
intentions.I am Mr.JAMES BROWN, Director project
implementation with Eskom South Africa and a member of the
Contract Tenders Board (CTB) of the above corporation.

Your esteemed address was reliably introduced to me at the
South Africa Chamber of Commerce and Industry in my search
for a reliable individual/company who can handle a strictly
confidential transaction,which involves the transfer of a
reasonable sum of money to a foreign account.

This amount of money is total sum of US$20 ,000,000.00
(TWENTY Million United States Dollars), already extracted
from various contracts awarded by my corporation. As a
result of over-invoicing masterminded by the concerned
officials, who have been drafted to represent final payment
for a contract that has been executed to the corporation
some years back. The money is now floating in the suspense
account of Federal Reserve Bank of South Africa
awaiting claim by Foreign Partner which status we now want
you to assume.

Now is the optimum period to consummate this transaction.
Following the presidential directive to pay all contractors
personal/company‘s account.In my last meeting with
the officials involved, it was unanimously agreed that 25%
of the total sum will be given to you. 70% will be for my
colleague,and me.While 5% will be used to reimburse the
expenses that may be
incurred in the process of the transfer.

I assure you the transaction is 100% risk free as we have
concluded every arrangement to protect the interest of
every one involved.Likewise,all modalities for the
successful transfer of this money have been worked out with
the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Federal Reserve
Bank of South Africa to facilitate the remittance of this
money to your designated account.However. I would want to
believe that you are honest enough and will not raise any
misgiving attitude in any aspect of the transaction,more
importantly,you will keep this transaction very
confidential so as not to tarnish the confidence reposed on
these official by the Government of South Africa.

lf this business proposal is of interest to you, then
kindly contact me via my direct telephone number
above.Meanwhile,your immediate response will be highly
appreciated. Please treat this information as confidential.

Best regards,

JAMES BROWN.

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