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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: james malo <james_malo8@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 03:05:46 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: ATT:HUMBLE ASSISTANCE


FROM:MR James Malo
31 OXFORD AVENUE SANDTON
SOUTH AFRICA
TELL;27-72-7488-131
EMAIL;james_malo8@yahoo.com

HUMBLE ASSISTANCE

Dear Sir,

My name is James malo the elder son of Mr.Brown.H.Malo of Zimbabwe. This might be a surprise to you about where I got your contact. Your firm was introduced to me by a career diplomat who I consulted in my search for a relaible individual/ company who can assist me in transferring a reasonable sum of money abroad to acompany or private account.
During the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supports of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white and black owned farms to his party members and his followers, he ordered allwhite farmers to surrender all their farms to hisparty members and his followers.
My father is one of the best farmers in our country and because he did not support Mugabe's ideas, Mugabe's supporters invaded myfather's farm and burnt everything in the farm,killing my father and made away with a lot of items in my father's farm.
Before his death, my father had deposited with one of the Security Company in Johannesburg,South Africa the sum of (US$21.8)Twenty One Million eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). After the death of my father, we decided to move to the Republic of South Africa where he had deposited the money in the Security Company as valuables.
So I decided to contact overseas firm and companies that will assist me to move this money out of South Africa because as asylum seekers we are not allowed to operate any bank account within South Africa. We have agreed to offer you 20% of the total sum for your assistance, 5% will be mapped out for any expenses that may be incurred in the course oF this transaction and 75% will be for me and my family to invest in your country. All I want you to do is to furnish me with your entirepersonal phone and fax numbers for easy communication.
You can contact me on the above Telephone and fax numbers . Note that this transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely confidential.
Thanks and God bless.
BEST REGARDS.
MR.James malo {FOR THE FAMILY}






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