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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: "martin john" <martinjohn11@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 09:05:04 +0200
Subject: ASSISTANCE.

FROM: MR.MARTIN JOHN.
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
EMAIL martinjohn11@hotmail.com

TEL+27 83 6888 174


ATTN:
C.E.O.
PROPOSAL FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE.

My name is ,MR.MARTIN JOHN the elder son of MR. MARK JOHN of Zimbabwe.
This might be a surprise to you about where I got your contact address. I
got your address from the South African Chamber of Commerce in Johannesburg,
South Africa. During the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from
the supports of our resident Robert Mugabe to claim all the white-owned
farms to his party members and his
followers, he ordered all white farmers to surrender all 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 Mugabes ideas,Mugabes supports invaded my fathers farm and burnt
everything in the farm,killing my father and made away with a lot of items
in my fathers farm. Before his death,my father had deposited with of the
Security Company in Johannesburg,South Africa the sum of US$22.3
MILLION(TWENTY TWO MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS).
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 20% 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 while
75% 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 and fax numbers for easy
communication.

You can contact me on the above E-mail.Note that this transaction is 100%
Risk free andabsolutely confidential. Thanks and GOD bless,
yours faithfully,

MR.MARTIN JOHN

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