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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: "vusi masele" <vusi_masele1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: vusi_masele@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 12:10:09 +0200
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL

BUSINESS PROPOSAL
FROM THE DESK OF MR. VUSI MASELE
TEL: +27-842-131-816
EMAIL: vusi_masele@yahoo.com

DEAR PARTNER... PLEASE STUDY CAREFULLY,

THE NEED TO INVOLVE A REALIABLE AND HONEST PERSON TO TRANSFER OUT U.S.
$52,500,000.00 FROM MY EMPLOYERS (INVESTEC BANK SOUTH AFRICA) HAS MADE ME TO
SEEK YOUR ASSISTANT BELIEVING THAT YOU WILL NEVER LET ME DOWN EITHER NOW OR
IN THE FUTURE. I AM VUSI MASELE, A STAFF OF INVESTEC BANK, SOUTH AFRICA.

THERE IS AN ACCOUNT OPENED IN THIS BANK IN 1980 AND SINCE 1994 NOBODY HAS
OPERATED ON THIS ACCOUNT AGAIN. AFTER GOING THROUGH SOME OLD FILES IN THE
RECORDS I DISCOVERED THAT IF I DO NOT REMIT THIS MONEY OUT URGENTLY IT WILL
BE FORFEITED FOR NOTHING. THE OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT WAS MR. DANIEL B. JONES
A FORIGNER AND THE MANAGER OF PRECIOUS STONES DRILLING SERVICES, A
GEOLOGICAL ENGINEER BY PROFFESSION AND HE DIED SINCE 1994. NO OTHER PERSON
KNOWS ABOUT THIS ACCOUNT OR ANYTHING CONCERNING IT, THE ACCOUNT HAS NO OTHER
BENEFICIARY AND MY INVESTIGATION PROVED TO ME AS WELL THAT HIS COMPANY DOES
NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ACCOUNT AND THE AMOUNT INVLOVED IS
(US$52,500,000.00). I WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY INTO A SAFE FOREIGN
ACCOUNT ABROAD BUT I DON'T KNOW ANY FOREIGNER. I AM ONLY CONTACTING YOU AS A
FOREIGNER BECAUSE THIS MONEY CAN NOT BE APPROVED TO ANY LOCAL BANK HERE BUT
CAN ONLY BE APPROVED FOR TRANSFER TO ANY FOREIGN ACCOUNT BECAUSE THE MONEY
IS IN U.S DOLLARS AND THE FORMER OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT BEING MR. DANIEL B.
JONES
WAS A FOREIGNER TOO. I KNOW THAT THIS MESSAGE WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE
AS WE DON'T KNOW OURSELVES BEFORE, BUT I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT IT IS REAL
AND A GENUINE BUSINESS.

I GOT YOUR CONTACT FROM THE INTERNET INTERNATIONAL TRADE DIRECTORY WITH
BELIEVE IN GOD THAT YOU WILL NEVER LET ME DOWN IN THIS BUSINESS, YOU ARE THE
ONLY PERSON THAT I HAVE CONTACTED FOR THIS BUSINESS FOR NOW. SO PLEASE REPLY
URGENTLY. I WILL APPLY FOR MY RESIGNATION AFTER THE FUNDS HAS BEEN
TRANSFERED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS THIS WILL ENABLE ME TO COME TO YOUR COUNTRY
AND COLLECT MY SHARE FROM YOU AND INVEST A GOOD PART OF IT IN YOUR COUNTRY
ON PROJECTS YOU WILL ADVISE ME AS LUCRATIVE IN YOUR COUNTRY. I AM
CONTACTING YOU BECAUSE OF THE NEED TO INVOLVE A FOREIGNER WITH A FOREIGN
ACCOUNT THAT WILL STAND-IN AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO MR. DANIEL B. JONES. I NEED
YOUR
CO-OPERATION TO MAKE THIS WORK FINE, BECAUSE THE MANAGEMENT OF THE BANK IS
READY TO APPROVE THIS PAYMENT TO ANY FOREIGNER WHO HAS THE CORRECT
INFORMATION TO THIS ACCOUNT WHICH I WILL GIVE TO YOU WHEN YOU ASSURE ME OF
YOUR CAPABILITY TO HANDLE SUCH AMOUNT IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND TRUST,
ACCORDING TO MY INSTRUCTIONS AND MY ADIVICE FOR OUR MUTUAL BENEFIT, I NEED
YOUR STRONG ASSURANCE AND TRUST. I SHALL DESTROY ALL DOCUMENTS CONCERNING
THIS TRANSACTION IMMEDIATELY WE RECEIVE THIS MONEY LEAVING NO TRACE TO ANY
PLACE. I WILL USE MY POSITION AND INFLUENCE ON OTHER CO-STAFF TO EFFECT
LEGAL APPROVALS AND ONWARD TRANSFER OF THIS MONEY TO YOUR ACCOUNT WITH
APPROPRIATE CLEARANCE FROM PROBATE REGISTRY & FOREIGN PAYMENT DEPARTMENT.
WITH ASSURANCE THAT THIS MONEY WILL BE INTACT PENDING MY PHYSICAL ARRIVAL IN
YOUR COUNTRY FOR THE SHARING AND OTHER INVESTMENT. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS
BUSINESS, I WILL GIVE YOU 30% OF THE TOTAL AMMOUNT, I SHALL TAKE 70% OF THIS
MONEY. HOPING THAT THIS SHARING RATIO IS ACCEPTED BY YOU, I LOOK FORWARD TO
YOUR EARLIEST RESPONSE.

PLEASE REPLY TO MY SECURE EMAIL [vusi_masele@yahoo.com] OR CALL ME ON
[+27842131816] ABOVE FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND PROCEEDURE.

YOURS TRULY,

VUSI MASELE

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