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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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  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: "PP RR" <pprr116@msn.com>
Reply-To: ppmm3333@yahoo.ca
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 12:03:16 +0000
Subject: FROM:Dr PAUL

FROM THE DESK OF:Dr PAUL MONUKA
DIRECTOR OF PROJECT
DME,SOUTH AFRICA.

Attn: Mr. President / C.e.o

I am Dr PAUL MONUKA, Director of Project, South Africa
Department of Mining & Energy. I am making this contact with you
based on the committee's need for an individual/company who is
willing to assist us with a solution to a money transfer. First and
foremost apologized using this medium to reach you for a
transaction/business of this magnitude, but this is due to Confidentiality
and
prompt access reposed on this medium.

In unfolding this proposal, I want to count on you, as
a respected and honest person to handle this transaction with
sincerity, trust and confidentiality. I have decided to seek a confidential
co-operation with you in the execution of the deal described Here
under for the benefit of all parties and hope you will keep it as a
top secret because of the nature of this transaction. Within the
Mining of Energy where I work as Director of Project Implementation and with
the co-operation of four other top officials, we have in
our possession as overdue payment bills totaling Fourteen Million, Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$14,500,000.) 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.

More so, we are handicapped in the circumstances, as
the South Africa Civil Service Code of Conduct does not allow us to
operate offshore account hence your importance in the whole
transaction.

This amount $14.5m represents the balance of the total
contract value executed on behalf of my Department by a foreign
contracting firm, which we the officials over-invoiced deliberately.
Though the actual contract cost have been paid to the original
contractor, leaving the balance in the tune of the said amount which we have
in principles gotten approval to remit by Key tested Telegraphic Transfer
(K.T.T) to
any foreign bank account you will provide by filing in an application
through the Ministry of Justice here in South Africa for the
transfer of rights and privileges of the former contractor to you.

I have the authority of my partners involved to
propose that should you be willing to assist us in the transaction, your
share
of the sum will be 20% of the$14.5 million, 70% for us and 5% for
taxation and miscellaneous expenses and while balance 5% will go to
charity organisation.

The business itself is 100%safe, on your part provided
you treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality. 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.Endeavor to contact me immediately through
my e-mail to confirm whether or not you are interested in this deal. If you
are
not, it will enable me scout for another foreign partners to carryout this
deal.I want to assure you that my partners and myself are
in a position to make the payment of this claim possible provided you
can give us a very strong Assurance and guarantee that our share will be
secured and please, remember to treat this matter very
confidential, because we will not comprehend with any form of exposure as we
are still in active Government Service. Once again, remember that time is
of great essence in this transaction wait in anticipation of your
fullest co-operation.

Yours faithfully,

Dr PAUL MONUKA

N.B Please you can reach me through my personal email
address above for futher clarification.

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