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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "first national bank" (not involved with lotteries)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: morganjongwe0a24@gazeta.pl
Reply-To: morganiongwe2007@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:47:12 -0800
Subject: FROM MORGAN JONGWE


From: MORGA JONGWE (Dr.)
Reply E-mail: morganjongwe66@live.com


REQUEST FOR CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

First I must solicit your confidence in this transaction and it's in the
light of our search for a trustworthy individual to work with us on a very
important project, that we decided using this medium to reach you for a
transaction/business of this magnitude, as it's due to the confidentiality
and prompt access reposed on it.


I am a high placed official working with Department of Finance & Economic
Affairs, in Cape Town South Africa. I and two other colleagues are currently
in need of a silent foreign partner whose identity we can use to transfer
the sum of Twenty Six Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars. This fund
accrued legitimately to us as commission from foreign contracts, through our
private connections.


The fund is presently waiting to be remitted from First National Bank
(F.N.B) here in South Africa to any overseas beneficiary confirmed by us as
associate/receiver. By virtue of our positions as civil servants in my
country, we cannot acquire this fund in our names. Because as high placed
civil servants, we are not allowed by the civil service code of conduct to
own or operate bank accounts outside the shores our home country.


I have been mandated as a matter of trust by my colleagues, to look for an
overseas silent partner who could work with us to facilitate transfer of
this fund for our mutual benefit, hence the reason for this email. What I am
requesting from you is: (1) to be our silent partner and receive the funds
as the sole benefactor to the contract amount which we shall secure all
legal documentation to authenticate our claim. (2) Provide a private
telephone and fax number for easy communication under your control.
(3)Receive the funds as the beneficiary, take out your commission and keep
the rest of the funds until I and my colleagues arrive in your country for
the split after the transfer is completed.


My proposal is that after you receive the funds, it would be shared as
follows: (1) 20% to you as commission for your co-operation and assistance
in facilitating the transfer, while the remaining 75% belongs to me and my
colleagues. You will be free to make deductions of the agreed percentage
allocated to you at confirmation of receipt of the funds in your nominated
account in your home country; as such account could be a newly opened one
specifically for this transaction with zero balance since our objective is
to invest the money in a foreign land. The remaining 5% is set aside for
servicing all expenses incurred by both parties like faxes and telephone
calls.


However, this is optional, and if it is not convenient for you to further
assist us with investing the funds, we can end our relationship after
discharging our obligations.


The transaction, although discrete, is legitimate and the funds will be
transferred successful with all necessary back-up official documents showing
legitimate source/origin of fund. The transfer will be affected within a
period not longer than two weeks as soon as we reach an agreement and you
furnish me with a suitable response indicating your interest for processing
the transfer. I plead with you on one issue, whether you are interested or
not, kindly do not expose this information to any one else.


I confirm that the transaction is legitimate and without any risks either to
yourself or us. Please, give me your response immediately by return mail
through my alternate email: morganjongwe66@live.com


Yours Faithfully,
MORGAN JONGWE (Dr.)
South Africa.

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