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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "MR NORBERT FREEBORN" <norbert_freeborn@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14.51.59 +0100
Subject: ASSISTANCE


MR NORBERT FREEBORN=2E
norbert=5Ffreeborn=40yahoo=2Ecom
11=2F03=2F2008

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL=2E



ATTN=3A DIRECTOR=2FCEO


YOU MAY BE SUPRISED TO RECEIVE THIS LETTER FROM ME
SINCE YOU DONT KNOW ME
PERSONALLY=2E I AM MR NORBERT FREEBORN=2C THE FIRST SON TO
LATE CASTRO FREEBORN=2C WHO
WAS MURDERED RECENTLY IN A LAND DISPUTE IN ZIMBABWE=2E
I GOT YOUR CONTACT
THROUGH AN INTERNET TRADE JOUNAL SO I DECIDED TO
CONTACT YOU=2E BEFORE THE
DEATH OF MY FATHER=2C HE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF US$25=2C5
MILLION DOLLAR =28
TWENTYFIVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS=29 IN
ONE OF THE PRIVATE
SECURITY COMPANIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
AS IF HE FORESAW THE
LOOMING DANGER IN ZIMBABWE=2E THIS MONEY IS MEANT FOR
THE PURCHASE OF NEW
MACHINERY AND AGROCHEMICALS FOR THE NEW FARMS IN
SWAZILAND=2E

THIS LAND PROBLEM STARTED WHEN OUR PRESIDENT ROBERT
MUGABE INTRODUCED A NEW
LAND ACT =22 MODI OPERADUS=22 REFORM WHICH AFFECTED THE
RICH WHITE FARMERS ANS
SOME BLACK FARMERS AS WELL=2E A LOT OF PEOPLE LOST
THEIR LIVES AS A RESULT OF
THIS LAND REFORMED =22ACT=22 OF WHICH MY LATE FATHER WAS
ONE OF THE VICTIMS=2E
BASED ON THIS MY FAMILY WERE SCATTERED=2E I STAYING IN
LONDON AS A REFUGEE AND
MY MOTHER WITH MY TWO YOUNGER SISTER STAYING IN
SOUTH AFRICA AS REFUGEES=2E WE
CONTACTED YOU TO ASSIST US IN TRANSFERING THIS MONEY
TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR
INVESTMENT SINCE THE MONETARY=2FINVESTMENT LAW OF
SOUTH AFRICA AND LONDON
PROHIBIT REFUGEES TO RUN BANK ACCOUNTS OR BE
INVOLVED IN BUSINESS
TRANSACTION=2FINVESTMENTS=2E HONESTLY BASED ON THIS WE
CONTACTED AND WITH THE
HOPE THAT YOU WILL ASSIST US WITH YOUR WHOLE HEART=2E

AS THE ONLY SON =2C I AM SADDLED WITH THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF SEEKING A GENUINE
AND AN HONEST PERSON WHO WILL ASSIST US IN
TRANSFERING THIS FUND OUT SOUTH
AFRICA WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF MY COUNTRY =28 ZIMBABWE=29 GOVERNMENT WHO ARE
BENT ON TAKING EVERYTHING THAT MY LATE FATHER HAD
AFTER CONFISCATING ALL HIS FARM LANDS AND INVESTMENTS IN ZIMBABWE=2E WE ARE
PRACTICALLY LEFT WITH NOTHING EXCEPT THIS MONEY=2E
FOR YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE MY MOTHER AND I ARE
OFFERING YOU 20% OF THE TOTAL
FUND AFTER THE SUCCESFUL TRANSFER OF THIS MONEY TO
YOUR ACCOUNT 5% WILL BE
SET ASIDE FOR ANY EXPENSES THAT WE MIGHT INCURE AT
THE COURSE OF THIS
TRANSACTION=2C WHILE THE REMAINING 75% WILL BE FOR MY
FAMILY WHICH WILL BE
USED FOR INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY UNDER YOUR
DIRECTION AS WE DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT INVESTMENT=2E

CONTACT ME WITH THE ABOVE E-MAIL=2C IF THIS PROPOSAL
IS OF INTEREST TO YOU=2C
WHILE I IMPLORE YOU MAINTAIN ABSOLUTE
CONFIDENTIALITY REQUIRED IN THIS
TRANSACTION=2E

YOURS TRULY=2C

MR NORBERT FREEBORN=2E

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