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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Samuel Ololo" <sololo02@msn.com>
Reply-To: samololo@zwallet.com
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 12:04:50 +0000
Subject: Please reply soon

Dear friend,

I write to seek your cooperation as a foreign partner and your assistance to
enable us to own properties and invest in the stable economy of your
]country. Do accept my apology if this mail does not suit your personal or
business ethics.

I am Mr. Samuel Ololo Senior Chief Executive Accountant with the
South-Africa Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources. I am making this
proposal to you in strict confidence on behalf of my partners and myself. As
senior civil servants of the South African Government civil service laws
(Code of Conduct Bureau) forbids us to own foreign accounts. And we have in
our possession an overdue payment bill totaling twenty million, United
States Dollars (US$20,000,000.00) which we want to transfer abroad with the
assistance and co-operation of a company/or an individual to receive
the said funds, via a reliable bank account on our behalf.

Although the actual Contract cost have been paid to the original contractor.
We have in principles gotten approval to remit to any Foreign Bank account
you will provide, and cannot introduce or circulate this amount into the
South-Africa banking system considering our provisional duties as Civil
servants, by filing in an application through the Ministry of Energy and
Mineral Resources here in South Africa, for the transfer of rights and
privileges of the Former contractor to you.

If this proposal satisfy you, do indicate your interest by writing to me via
email to enable me educate you more on the modalities of this
transaction.For your assistance, you shall receive 20% of the entire sum,
amounting to US$4million of the US$20 Million, while 75% of the total sum,
amounting
to US$15 million will be for me and my partners and the remaining 5%
amounting to US$1Million will be used to defray all expenses incurred in the
course of transferring these funds to your account, such as taxation and
other miscellaneous.

Do note that all modalities have been perfected to ensure a hitch free
transfer of these funds and on receipt ofyour sincere desire to assist us,we
will swing into full action and we hope to complete the transfer of the
funds within 14 working days with your assistance and total commitment.

Please treat as very urgent.

Regards,

Samuel Ololo

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