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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.
  • gzaga1@mailbg.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Gabriel Ga" <ggabriel2003@msn.com>
Reply-To: gzaga68@yahoo.co.in
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:48:34 +0000
Subject: MY DEAR FRIEND

My Dear Friend,

I am Mr. Gabriel Zaga the Chief Auditor of Standard Bank of South Africa
Johannesburg main branch. I have an urgent business suggestion for you. One
of our clients/personal friend, Late Mr. Wilson Scott an American who was a
private business man unfortunately lost his life in an automobile accident
on January 31st 2000, including his wife and his only daughter.

Late Mr. Wilson Scott is a foreigner and the manager of Gold Minning SA, and
he died since the year 2000. No other person knows about this account or
anything concerning it. After further investigation it was also discovered
that Mr. Wilson Scott's next of kin is his daughter who died with him, the
account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proves to me as well
that his company does not know anything about this account and the amount
involved is
(U.S. $45,000,000.00).

I am contacting you to stand and act as the next of kin to Mr. Wilson Scott,
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 30% of the total
amount, while 60% will be for me, while 10% will be for expenses, both
parties might have incurred during the process of this transaction. private
email: gzaga1@mailbg.com

Yours Truly,

Mr. Gabriel Zaga

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