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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: adam karabo <akarabo1@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 21:07:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FAMILY NEEDS HELP


FROM: ADAM KARABO
EMAIL: akarabo1@yahoo.com
TEL: + 27 73 32 37 628.



OUR REF:FAMILY IN NEED OF YOUR HELP.

ATTN SIR,

With due respect, trust and humility,I write you this proposal, which I believe, would be of great interest to you. 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. I am MR.ADAM KARABO the son of Adam Moyo of zimbabwe.

During the current war against farmers in Zimbabwe and from the support of our president Robert Mugabe to claim all the white owned farms in our country, all the white farmers were ordered to surrender their farms to his party members and his followers. My father who was one of the best farmers in our country and treasury of the farmer's co-operation did not support his idea and so the party members invaded my father's farm and burnt everything in the farm, killed my father and made away with a lot of items in my fater'farm.

After the death of my father,I and my mother and my sister decided to move out of Zimbabwe because our lives were in danger with the money that my father kept in his hidden safe in my house. The amount contained in the safe is US$25 (Twenty Five Million United tates Dollars)and we decided to code the money and move to Republic of South Africa where we deposited the money in a Security Company as a valuable item. So I decided to make contact with an overseas firm whom will assist me to move this money out of South Africa because we are asylum seekers in South Africa.

So if you consider this proposal, we have agreed to give you 25% of the total sum for helping us to move this money out to your country and 5% will be mapped out for expenses both of us may incure during this transaction and 70% will be for me andfamily to invest in your country.All I want is for you to furnish me with ur personal phone and fax numbers for easy communication. You can contact me on above Telephone. numbers and e-mail address. NOTE: That this transaction. is 100% RISK FREE. and absolutely confidencial.

Thanks and Best Regards,

MR. ADAM KARABO










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