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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: "Mr. Peter Chang" <info4@hitbplc.com>
Reply-To: pttns100@echina.com
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 14:27:56 +0000
Subject: REPATRIATION OF $30,500,000.00

RE: REPATRIATION OF $30,500,000.00

I am contacting you to front as a co-owner for and beneficiary of funds
(US$30,500.000.00) due for an executed contract in the ministry of energy
and mineral resources, South Africa.Following the approvals received by this
office recommending for the immediate repatriation of the above referenced
fund and having been listed in category "A" foreign creditors, you are by
this notice informed that your assistance is required in receiving the
approved fund floating in an offshore Payments Account of A Finance Company
in London.

This contract was deliberately over invoiced to the tune of US$30.500.000.00
Million Dollars. This was a deal by my colleagues to benefit from the
project. I have therefore been mandated as a matter of trust to look for a
foreign partner into whose account we could transfer the sum of USD30,
500,000.00 (Thirty Million, Five Hundred Thousand Us Dollars Only). We have
agreed to share the funds thus: 80% for us and 20% for account owner (you).
If you are interested, please forward the following information to:
pttns100@echina.com

1. Your full Name and address.
2. Telephone and fax numbers.
3. Company Name, Position And Address.
4. Profession, Age And Marital Status.
5. name of your bank/address of the bank
6. Telephone and fax numbers of the bank.
7. Account numbers/beneficiary's name.

Upon the receipt of the above details, Payment will be activated by the
feeding of your data into the payment system, followed by a signal that will
be sent to the paying bank to remit funds into your nominated bank account
within 7days.

Your swift response will be highly appreciated.
Sincerely Yours.

Peter Chang
39A Kingfisher Drive,
Fourways Johannesburg,
South Africa.

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