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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: frank mark <frank_mark0777@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: f_mark077@pobox.sk
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:30:09 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Auditor General{Mr Mark}


From Mr Mark.

Good Day!

I found it interesting and decided to contact you for a business
transaction. Be so kind to contact me at your earliest convenience
for a possible business deal involving money transfer of about
[$152,000.000 USD]

I am Mr.Frank Mark, the Auditor General of Standard Bank Of South
Africa,during the course of our auditing,I discovered a floating
fund in an account opened in the bank in 1990 and since 1993 nobody
has operated on this account again.

I am presently in South Africa working as an Auditor
General and With your sincere assistance and co-operation, I am
determined to work this deal out if we can do business.As at this
moment,I am constrained to issue more details about this business
until your response is received.

We will start the first transfer with fifty two [$52,000.000 USD]
upon successful transaction without any disappointment from your
side,we shall re-apply for the payment of the remaining amount to your
account.

This deal is worth taking and highly profitable.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Warmest regards,
........................
The Auditor General,
Standard Bank Of South Africa
P.O.Box.19,#3/5 Rider Haggard Close,
Jo, Borg, South Africa.



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