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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: engrwilliamsmbeki@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 04:24:35 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?good=20day?=

Attn:

I am Engr: Williams Mbeki, Director of Project, South
Africa Ministry of Mining & Natural Resources. I am
making this contact with you based on the committee's
need for an individual/company who is willing to
assist us with a solution to a money transfer. First
and foremost apologized 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.

In unfolding this proposal, I want to count on you, as
a respected and honest person to handle this
transaction with sincerity, trust and confidentiality.
I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation
with you in the execution of the deal described Here
under 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 Ministry of Mining and Natural
resources where I work as Director of Project
Implementation and with the co-operation of four other
top officials, we have in our possession as overdue
payment bills totaling Fifteen Million, Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars (US$15,500,000.) 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.
Moreso, 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
$14.5m 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 (K.T.T) 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 of
the sum will be 20% of the$15.5 million, 70% for us
and 5% for taxation and miscellaneous expenses and
while balance 5% will go to charity organisation.
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 e-mail
to confirm whether or not you are interested in this
deal. If you are not, it will enable me scout for
another foreign partners to carryout 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 wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.

Reply me on these address:-engrwilliamsmbeki@engineer.com

Yours faithfully
Engr:Williams Mbeki.

N.B Please email your confidential Telephone number
to enable me contact you for further clarifications



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