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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: stevethemba31@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 14:24:32 +0200
Subject: PARTNERSHIP

FROM STEVE THEMBA
NO 11 LOUIS BOTHA AVENUE
SANTON.
SOUTH AFRICA.
Email: stevethemba31@hotmail.com
Tell 27 73 000 7299.

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is MR. STEVE THEMBA, the SON OF Mr. JOHN THEMBA of Zimbabwe. This might be a surprise
to you about where I got your contact address. I GOT YOUR COUNTACT FROM THE COMMERCIAL SECTION
OF YOUR COUNTRY EMBASSY HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA JOHANNESBURG so during the current war against the
farmers in Zimbabwe from the supports of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the
white-owned farms to his party members and his followers, he ordered all white farmers to
surrender all their farms to his party members and his followers.

My father is one of the best farmers in our country and because he did not support Mugabe's
ideas, Mugabe's supporters invaded my father's farm and burnt everything in the farm, killing
my father and made away with a lot of items in my father's farm. Before his death, my father
had deposited with one of the Security Company in Johannesburg South Africa, the sum of
US$10. 5 Million (TEN Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). With my name,
and made every documents with my name both the certificate of depositary.

Then After the death of my father, we decided to move to the Republic of South Africa where he
had deposited the money in the Security Company as valuables. So, I decided to contact overseas
firm and companies that will assist me to move this money out of South Africa because as asylum
seekers we are not allowed to operate any bank account within South Africa. We have agreed to
offer you 15% of the total sum for your assistance, 5% will be mapped out for any expenses that
may be incurred in the course of this transaction and 80% will be for me and my family to
invest in your country.

All I want you to do is to furnish me with your entire personal phone for easy communication.
You can contact me on the above E-MAIL. Note that this transaction is 100% risk free and
absolutely confidential.

Thanks and God bless.

Yours truly.

MR. STEVE THEMBA
+27 73 000 7299

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