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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: "Johannes seiso." <jseiso2004@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 13:43:32 +0200
Subject:

FROM:MR JOHANNES SEISO
NO I44 WOODSMITH AVENUE JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA 2006
TEL:27-83-549-2613
EMAIL:jseiso2004@yahoo.com
PLEASE VISIT:www.zimbabwesituation.com
STRICTLY CONFIDENCIAL

DEAR SIR,

My name is MR, JOHANNES SEISO,the elder son of Mr. John seiso of Zimbabwe. This might be a surprise to you about where I got your contact address. I GOT YOUR COUNTACT FROM THE COMMERCIAL SECTION OF FOREIGN INFORMATION EXCHANGE HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA JOHANNESBURG so during the current crisis against the farmers in Zimbabwe
from the supports of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white-owned farms to his party members and his followers, he ordered all white farmers to surrender all their farms to his party 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 my father's farm and burnt everything in the farm, my father later died of hearth attack in result of this incident. Before his death, my father had deposited some of his fortune with one of the Security and finance Company in Johannesburg, South Africa. as family veluables worth the sum of US$18. 5 Million (Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).with my name, as his "WILL" to me and made every documents with my name both the certificate of depositry.the whole documents are with our family attorney to avoid loose or theft of this documents,
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.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 can have agreed to offer you 20% of the total sum for your assistance, 80% will be for me and my family to invest in your country.
All I want from you is to asure me that this money will be safe when transferd into your account. with the help of our family attorney who will help us to obtain every legal documents for smooth transaction. now your presence is needed here, according to our family attorney, so that i will present you as foreign beneficiary of the fund,"partner" Now you can send me your personal phone and fax numbers for easy communication. You can contact me on the above Telephone and.Note that this transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely confidential.as every modelites for smooth transaction has been arrenged by my family attorney. NOTE. that we have no time on our side.

Thanks and God bless.
Regards MR JOHANNES SEISO.
(for the family)

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