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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • diana_beki@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: diana mbeki <diana_beki@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 07:47:58 -0800 (PST)
Subject: HELLO SIR


FROM : MRS DIANA MBEKI


Dear Friend,
Compliment of the day,I know you may be suprise to see my mail. I got your contact through your country trade journal after going through your profile which I was convince as to solicite for your assistance and help, I am Mrs.Diana Mbeki the Wife of late Mr Nelson Nbeki a leader of one of the tribes, in nothern Ivory Coast. It is my wish to contact you for a murtual assistance and help. After the death of my Husband, as we were going through his files, I came across a document addressed to me by my late Husband "stating the existence of US$4,500,000,( Four Million five hundred thousand US DOLLARS ) which he deposited in a finance and security trust firm in Bangkok, Thailand, as a diplomatic Valuable (for security reasons). This fund was realised from sale of oil,timber and diamond.
Presently I am Temporary living a political exile life here in Johanesburg , South Africa while my son Mr Smith Nbeki is presently in Thailand due to the problem with the Ivorian government. We have also certified the existence of the consignment at the trust firm, but the labor law act of Thailand does not allow me to operate a bank account in my status as a political refugee. For the above reason I decided to ask for an assistance and help from you as a foreign partner to enable us clear and move this fund to your country as soon as it is cleared from the finance and security trusts firm in Bangkok . also to direct and assist us in investing the fund into a good profitable business orientation.
In other to proceed and round up this transaction, I will compensate you with 20% of the total fund and 5% will be used to settle all the expenses incurred by both parties at the end of this transaction. While 70% will be invested in your country as advised and 5% for my own personal use.
I will be glade to hear from you as you keep this confidencial for security purposes
,
Yours sincerely,
Mrs Diana Nbeki
For the family.
please send your private response to diana_beki@yahoo.com


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