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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • koopmannanderson@yahoo.com
  • koopmannanderson1996@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Koopmann Anderson" <koopmannanderson@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: koopmannanderson1996@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 20:35:19 -0700
Subject: Greetings

GREETINGS
Dear Sir ,
You were highly recommended to me by Stanley Brigham ,Financial Advisor of Special High Investment Technologies, as one who will assist me in this transaction and finally for possible investment with the money that will be transferred and creditted into the bank account you will provide for the transfer transaction.
.My movement and that of other members of my family has been highly restricted and therefore I have concluded plans of relocation overseas with our family immediately this transaction is through to enable us have fund at hand for the relocation exercise ,settlement and investments.
I am Mr. Koopmann Anderson the son of late Engr. Koopmann Uwe who after his retirement from one of the reknown Engineering Company ,here in Zimbabwe went into farming and became a great farmer but was unfortunately killed during the blacks revolutionary against the white farmers/settlers,most of our properties were burnt and some confiscated.
As I was going through my father's library I stumbled into some documents he used to deposit some amount of money with a security firm and land properties here in Zimbabwe.
The amount involved is $17.5 million ( Seventeen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars.) in the security firm hence my search for assistance in providing an account where I can transfer this money safely for further investment overseas as we are not free here for such investment with this hughe amount of money.
In view of the above quest and dare need of a competent person that will assist in the transfer and guide in investment outside Zimbabwe I consulted Stanley Brigham ,Financial Advisor of Special High Investment Technologies who then recommended you.This proposal is strictly on percentage of 25% for your assistance and role performance in the transaction.
All formal protocols have been observed therefore there is no risk in this transaction .
I waite your reply via this email addresses : koopmannanderson@yahoo.com or koopmannanderson1996@gmail.com, with your full names and adress,your international identification and a letter of acceptance to my request and offer.
Yours Sincerely.
Koopmann Anderson.

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