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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: "peter sithole" <p12xxx@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:41:55 +0200
Subject: HONEST ASSISTANCE NEEDED

PETER SITHOLE,
JOHANESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA
TELEPHONE 0027 72 990 5644

DEAR LYNNE,

I GOT YOUR NAME IN MY SEARCH FOR A FORIEGN PARTNER WHO WILL HELP ME AS I AND
MY MOTHER STATUS AS REFUUGEE CANNOT ALLOW US TO TRANSFER MONEY .PLEASE
ACCEPT MY APOLOGY IF THIS EMAIL IS EMBARASING AS YOU DONT KNOW ME. I AND MY
MOTHER IS IN NEED OF URGENT ASSISTANCE.
I AM MR PETER SITHOLE,SON OF LATE JOHN SITHOLE .FROM RWANDA WHO UNTIL HIS
DEATH WAS LEAVING WITH ME IN SOUTH AFRICA BECAUSE HE WAS SENT TO EXILE BY
THE GOVERNMENT OF REWANDA OVER DISAGREEMENT OF A POLICY IMPOSE ON HIS PEOPLE
,HE LOVES HIS PEOPLE AND WAS WELL LOVED BY HIS CONSTUENCY.HE HAS ALSO LIVED
AS A PHILATROPIST .IN HIS WILL HE HAS DEPOSITED A $12,000.000(TWELF MILLION
US DOLLAR)IN AN ABSA BANK AMMMAGAMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA HERE IN SOUTH
AFRICA AND HAS ASKED ME TO USE TO START LIFE.AND THAT WE SHOULD GO BACK TO
OUR COUNTRY.BUT WE WANT TO BE THERE IN YOUR COUNTRY.WE ARE HERE AS REFFUGEE
AND OUR STUS DOS,NT ALLOW US TO STAND FOR THE FUND FOR TRANSFER,I WANT YOU
TO STAND AS MY FATHER'S BENEFICIARY WITH THE HELP OF MY FATHER'S FINANCIAL
ATTORNEY THIS TRANSFER IS 100% RISK FREE.
NOTE THAT FOR YOUR TIME AND HELP 25% OF THIS FUND IS YOURS AND 5% OF THE
FUND IS FOR ANY EXPENSES INCURED BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY IN THE
COURSE OF THIS TRANSFER AND THE REMAINNING 70% IS FOR ME TO START UP
BUSINESS IN YOUR COUNTRY WITH YOUR SUPPORT.
WHEN YOU REPLY I WILL TELL YOU THINGS YOU NEED TO DO.
THANKS FOR YOU KIND UNDERSTANDING
MR KENNY WOOD(ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY)
REPLY WITH YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER

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