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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.
  • roger_duboulay@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "roger_duboulay@terra.es" <roger_duboulay@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 21:49:01 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: FUND FOR INVESTMENT( FOREING INVESTOR NEEDED).




FUND FOR INVESTMENT( FOREING INVESTOR NEEDED).







DEAREST BELOVED.


PLEASE DO NOT BE OFFENDED IF THIS EMAIL MESSAGE COMES TO YOU AS I OUGHT TO HAVE SOUGHT YOUR CONSENT AND APPROVAL BEFORE E-MAILING THIS PROPOSAL I ACTED AS I DID DUE TO THE IMPORTANCE AND URGENCY OF THIS BUSINESS. WHICH EVER WAY YOU MAY LOOK AT IT,LET IT PLEASE YOU TO RESPOND QUICKLY EITHER NAGATIVELY OR POSITIVELY.

I AM ROGER DU BOULAY, A 22 -YEAR OLD ZIMBABWEAN.MY FATHER, LATE MR JIKEMBO DU BOULAY WAS ONE OF THE WELL KNOWN RICH FARMERS IN MY COUNTRY, ZIMBABWE AND HE WAS ASSASINATED BECAUSE OF LAND DISPUTE CRISIS IN MY COUNTRY.

AT THE MOMENT I AM IN SPAIN WITH MY MOTHER AND TWO BROTHERS. DURING MY FATHER`S TENURE AS THE TREASURER OF ZIMBABWE FARMERS UNION BEFORE HE DIED,THERE WAS US$5.200,000.00 (FIVE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND USDOLLARS) EARMARKED FOR IMPORTING AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE UNION.

PRIOR TO HIS DEATH,THIS MONEY WAS UNDER HIS CONTROL.AS GOD MAY HAVE IT THE PURCHASE WAS NOT YET CARRIED OUT BEFORE THE CRISIS TOOK PLACE AND MY FATHER SUCCEEDED IN DEPOSITING THIS MONEY IN A SECURITY FINANCE FIRM HERE IN SPAIN AT THE PEAK OF THE CRISIS.

BEFORE HE WAS ASSASINATED HE INSTRUCTED/ADVISED MY MOTHER TO SEARCH FOR A RELAIBLE PARTNER WHO CAN ASSIST US IN BRING OUT THIS FUND FOR IMMEDIATE INVESTMENT/SAFE KEEPING.

I NOW SEEK YOUR ASSISTANCE TO HELP US GET THIS MONEY TRANSFERRED TO YOUR CUSTODY AND TO HELP US INVEST AND MANAGE THE INVESTMENTS AS OUR GAURDIAN AND TRUSTEE.

I URGE YOU TO KEEP THIS COMMUNICATION CONFIDENTIAL FOR SECURITY REASONS I AM PROPOSING 30% OF THE TOTAL FUND AS YOUR SHARE FOR THE ASSISTANCE.

MY REGARDS

ROGER DU BOULAY.

N.B PLEASE GET BACK TO ME ON THIS EMAIL ADDRESS:roger_duboulay@yahoo.com










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