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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: "william mubeki" <williammubeki1@msn.com>
Reply-To: engrwmubeki@tsamail.co.za
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 13:23:59 +0000
Subject: Project Partnership

From: Mr.Williams Mubeki

Pretoria
South Africa
Private Email:engrwmubeki@tsamail.co.za

FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION:

I am Engineer.Williams Mubeki,a Native of Cape Town in South Africa and I am
an Engineer working with the South Africa Department of Mining & Energy.
First and foremost I apologise for using this medium to reach you for a
transaction of this magnitude but this is due to confidentiality and prompt
access reposed on this medium.

Be informed that a member of the South Africa Export Promotion Council
(SEPC) who was part of my government delegation to your country during a
recent Trade Exhibition gave your enviable credentials/particulars to me
while assuring me on your competence to handle a business transaction
involving a large sum of money with absolute confidentiality. Therefore I
have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution
of the deal described hereunder for the benefit of all parties and while
hoping you will keep it as top secret because of the nature of this
transaction.

Within the Department of Mining & Energy where I work as a director and with
the cooperation of three other top officials, we have in our possession an
overdue contract payment bills totalling Tweenty Million,Five Hundred
Thousand united states dollars(20,500,000.00).This money which we intend to
process its transfer as a form of contract payment into a reliable
company/individual account depending on your convenience.

Your assistance and co-operation is required due to the circumstances
surrounding our work as government officials whereby the South Africa Civil
Service Code of Conduct does not allow us to operate in foreign Bank account
hence your importance in the whole transaction.

Presently, this amount (20.5M) representing 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 is lying unclaimed in
the government escrow bank account with Reserve Bank of South Africa.We
hereby seek your assistance and co-operation that will enable us to process
this sum of money to you as a form of contract payment.

We have the necessary authority to validate and forward approvals of
outstanding contract claims to the government for final payment on approval
through the Reserve Bank of South Africa (SARB). All partners agreed while
mandating me to propose that should you be willing to assist us in the
transaction, your share of the sum will be 25% of the 20.5 million,70% will
be for us and 5% for any expenses incurred in the course of this project
including telephone and fax bills.

The business itself is 100% safe on your part provided you treat it with
utmost secrecy and confidentiality.Also note that your area of
specialisation is not an hindrance to the successful execution of this
transaction. I have reposed my confidence in you while awaiting your prompt
response through the email address above or through my private
email:engrwmubeki@tsamail.co.za, to notify me of your capability to assist
us in achieving success in this transaction.

Finally on your part,we will appreciate you treat this transaction as a very
confidential while we assure of a 100% safe and full proof transaction
provided you follow our instruction totally.

I await your confirmation of my message while praying that this will be the
begining of a lifelong partnership between us.

Thank you for your co-operation.

Yours faithfully,

Mr.Williams Mubeki


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