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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.
  • mr_sam@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "boteng@go.com" <boteng@go.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 21:20:36 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: GOOD CONTACT ONLY


Dear Sir / Madam
I am Dr Boteng Samuel an Executive Accountant with the Department of finance of mineral resources and energy South Africa.
Within the Department of finance where I work as an Executive Accountant and with the cooperation of other top officials, we have in our possession as overdue payment bills totaling Fifteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand US.Dollars ($15,500,000.) which we want to transfer abroad with the assistance and cooperation of a foreign company/individual to receive the said fund on our behalf or a reliable foreign non-company account to receive such funds.
This amount $15.5m represents the balance of the Estimated revenue total value executed on behalf of my Department by a foreign contracting firm, which we the officials over-invoiceddeliberately. Though the actual Estimated revenue cost have been paid to the original contractor,leaving the balance in the Tune of the said amount which we have gotten approval to remit by Key tested Telegraphic Transfer (K.T.T) to any foreign bank account you willprovide by filing in an application through the Justice Ministry here in South Africa for the transfer of rights and privileges of the former contractor to you.
We have a modality set out if eventually you wish to be part of this transaction of the amount that will be for you as assistance and partner.That will be discuss in the next stage.
Also your area of specialization is not a hindrance to the successful execution of this transaction. I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint me.I am presently in a country in Europe on official assigment.
If this business proposition offends your moral values, do accept my apology but if not please contact me at once to indicate your interest.You can reply to my private box :mr_sam@myway.com and I will establish a verbal telephone communication with you and bring you into a much better picture of the situation.
I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.
Yours faithfully,Dr. Boteng Samuel

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