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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "frank davies" <frankdavies24610@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 15:05:28 +0000
Subject: RE:TREAT AS URGENT.

Dear Hr Schweitz,

How are you and your family? Hope you are fine. I am quite very sorry that I
could not responding back to you on time, it was as a result of my official
duty with the Department. In any case I do understand that you have been
having some fear but I want to bring to your knowledge that my transaction
is 100% risk free as I have done all the necessary underground work in my
Department to effect a hitch free transaction, though I don't know the
experience you acquired before in your office like you stated in your mail.
All I need from you is trust and sincerity to see to the success of this
transaction.

Please be inform that all data’s and info, needed to execute this
transaction in making you the real
legitimate executor\Beneficiary under this Unit is already in place.

Please below is the text of the application which you shall fill-in and scan
forward back to me so that I can send it to the Department of claims on your
behalf to my partner's desk who is in charge of claims to enable me monitor
it from here too .

TEXT OF APPLICATION BELOW, STUDY IT AND FILL IT & GET BACK TO US:



ATTN: AEMA APPLICATION FOR THE CLAIM OF FUND PAYMENT FROM

DEPERTMENT OF AFRICAN ECONOMIC MONITORING AUTHORITY, SOUTH AFRICAN PRETORIA.

Please be informed that I wish to claim and transfer the sum of
(USD$14,000,000) from the above stated organization to my foreign account
as will be detailed below:

BANK NAME::..........................your bank name)

ADDRESS:.............................(your bank address)

ACCOUNT NUMBER:....................(your account number)

BENEFICIARY:................. Your name/company's name)

SWIFT CODE: ................................(if any)

YOUR PHONE AND FAX
NO.:..........................................................................

This is the money left behind in your organization by my
company:---------------------------company's name)



Which legitimately executed a commercial project in your organization in the
year 1998,During the tenure of Mr.Cambell Zuma as the head in Department of
the logistic and supply then under your unit.

I am the chairman of the contracted company with all documents of proof to
be attached. I wish as the heir apparent to claim and instruct that the
above-mentioned amount be paid and transferred into my nominated account as
showed above.

Please accept this letter of application, as it was due to some logistic
problems consequent upon my
programmed. I hope you will expedite action; I am ready to tender all the
necessary proofs that can make match to my claim.

Thanks for your co-operation

(your name)

*******************************************************
Attn:Hr Schweitz,


The bove is the text of application which you shall fill and send back to me
which I will submit to the Department for this assignment under this
project. Let us carry on this deal with one mind, I believe the end shall
justify our mission. Please make sure that you keep contact with me directly
and also keep me inform as soon as you receive any thing from our offshore
pay office in Europe because your claim form will be sent to them as soon as
we receive it here in the Department, the transaction is very safe as the
whole proccess will be done in our pay office in Europe while I will be here
pushing everything, don't worry if they ask any question in Europe just
forward it to me as I will let know what to say. The fund in question is
what we want to use to see that we eradicate our porvity, we are only
recieving peanut from the government as civil servants. I will provide all
the documents this transaction will require here on your behalf, so don't
worry.

Thanks for your usual cooperation.

Regards,

Mr.Frank Davies.

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