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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: austinmakeba20@tiscali.it
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 03:31:58 +0100
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL.

MR AUSTIN MAKEBA,
DIRECTOR OF PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION.
SOUTH AFRICA MINERAL & NATURAL RESOURECS.
E-MAIL:austinmakeba20@netscape.net

I am MR Austin Makeba a native of Cape Town in
South
Africa and Director of Project Implementation with the
South Africa Department of Mineral & Natural
resources. I apologize using this medium to reach you
for a transaction/business of this magnitude but this
is due to Confidentiality and prompt access reposed on
this medium. Be informed that a member of the South
Africa Export Promotion Council (SEPC) who was on the
Government delegation to your country during a trade
exhibition gave your enviable particulars to me. I
have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with
you in the execution of the deal described Hereunder
for the benefit of all parties and hope you will keep
it as a top secret because of the nature of this
transaction.

Within the Department of Mineral & Natural Resources
where I work as Director and with the cooperation of
four other top officials, we have in our possession as
overdue payment bills totaling forty one Million,Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($41.5M) which we
want to transfer abroad with the assistance and
cooperation of a foreign company /individual to
receive the said fund on our behalf or a reliable
foreign non-company account to receive such funds. More
so we are handicapped in the circumstances as the
South Africa Civil Service Code of Conduct does not
allow us to operate offshore account hence your
importance in the whole transaction.

This amount $8.5million represents the balance of the
total contract value executed on behalf of my
Department by a foreign contracting firm which we the
officials over invoiced deliberately. Though the actual
contract cost have been paid to the original
contractor leaving the balance in the tune of the said
amount which we have in principles gotten approval to
remit by Key tested Telegraphic Transfer to any
foreign bank account you will provide by filing in an
application through the Ministry of Justice here in
South Africa for the transfer of rights and privileges
of the former contractor to you.

I have the authority of my partners involved to
propose that should you be willing to assist us in the
transaction, Your share will be 30% of $8.5million,60%
for us and 10% for taxation and miscellaneous
expenses.
The business itself is 100% safe on your part provided
you treat it with utmost secrecy and
confidentiality, Also your area of specialization is
not a hindrance to the successful execution of this
transaction. I have reposed my confidence in you and
hope that you will not disappoint me, Endeavor to
contact me immediately through my email ...... to
confirm if you are interested in this deal.

If you are not it will enable me scout for another
foreign partner to carry out this deal. I want to
assure you that my partners and myself are in a
position to make the payment of this claim
possible provided you can give us a very strong
assurance and guarantee that our share will be secured
and please remember to treat this matter very
confidential because we will not comprehend with any
form of exposure as we are still in active Government
Service.

Once again remember that time is of great essence in
this transaction, Positive response should be
accompanied with your most private telephone and fax
numbers so I can reach you immediately with more
information.

Yours Truly,
Mr. Austin Makeba.







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