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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: "wyne osmond" <wyneosmondb@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: wyneosmondbut@sify.com
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 15:01:54 +0000
Subject: VERY CONFIDENTIAL

Dear sir,

My name is Mr Wayne Osmond Bhutelezi, I hail from the Republic of South
Africa, 41 years, married with three children. I am the Director of Global
Security & Finance Services Limited South Africa. I got the information
concerning you from the foreign department of our chamber of commerce and
after due consideration, I decided to contact you believing that by the
Grace of God, that you will not disappoint me over this deal.

I have been working with this company for over fifteen years. Within
this period, I have watched with meticulous precision how African Heads of
State and Government functionaries have been using Global Security & Finance
Ltd to move sums of money USD, Pounds Sterling, French Francs (cash) to
their foreign partners. They bring in these consignments of cash and
secretly declare the contents as jewelries, golds,diamonds, precious stones,
family treasures, etc. Their foreign partners, friends and relatives are
claiming most of these consignments. A lot of them are lying here unclaimed
for as much as five years. Nobody will ever come for them because in most
cases, the Certificate of Deposit are never available to anybody except the
depositors or me since most of them are dead.

I have through the instrumentality of Global Security & Finance
re-deposited all these unclaimed and overstayed consignment into the
Vault Facility of a reputable Security Company in Europe.

Since the inception of the year 2002, our company's management has
changed the procedure of claims of consignment, as soon as you are able to
produce the secret information as contained in the secret file of any
consignment, it will be released to you upon demand.I have finalized every
arrangement for you to claim consignment No. 1401, 1402 containing $30
Million. I will supply you with all the information and documents that will
facilitate your easy claim of the consignment.Upon your positive reply of
this letter, I will furnish you with further details and information
regarding the modus operandi for the execution of the transaction.

This business is risk free as I have taken necessary preventive
measures.The mode of sharing will be eqaul, you can reach me by email and I
will direct you on what to do.Upon your positive consideration ,kindly mail
your confidential telephone and fax numbers with which we can discuss the
execution of the business and also to enable me send the certificate of
deposit for your perusal.

Expedite action.

Yours faithfully,

Mr Wayne Osmond Bhutelezi.

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