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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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• 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.
  • pprr116@yahoo.ca

Fraud email example:

From: "ss tt" <ppss2000@msn.com>
Reply-To: pprr116@yahoo.ca
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 04:44:34 +0000
Subject: FROM:Dr PAUL

FROM THE DESK OF:Dr PAUL MONUKA
DIRECTOR OF PROJECT
DME,SOUTH AFRICA.
pprr116@yahoo.ca

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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