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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: "Regina Edwardo." <regina@galmail.co.za> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mrsregina2002@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 15:00:21 +0200
Subject: Mrs.Regina

From:Mrs.Regina Edwardo.
TEL:27-73-5993635.
E-MAIL:mrsregina2002@yahoo.co.uk

Dear Sir,

Good day!My name is Mrs.Regina Edwardo. the wife of Mr.Frank Edwardo. of Zimbabwe.

I do envisage the surprises this email will bring especially coming from a complete stranger.This is a
business relationship that will bring good fortunes to you and me if well executed as your contact address I got it from the net.

During the current war against the Farmers in Zimbabwe from the supports of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white owned farms in our country,so he ordered all the white owned farmers to surrender all
their farms to his party members and his followers.and my husband is one of the best farmers in our country because he did not support his idea and his supporters invaded my husband farm and burnt everything in the farm and killed my husband and confiscated all his investment.

After the death of my husband,I and my children decided to move out of Zimbabwe because our lives is still in danger with the money my husband kept in his hidden safe in my house.The amount contained in the safe is US$14.7 MILLION,and we decided to move with the money through diplomatic means to the Republic of South Africa where we deposited the money through
diplomatic means and we were forced to seek apolitical asylum as a refugee.

So I decided to contact with the overseas firm whom will assist us to transfer the money out of South Africa.Because we are asylum seeker here in South Africa,which deprive us not to operate an account with any,bank here in South Africa,Neither to invest.If you consider this proposal wehave agreed to offer you the total sum of 25% for helping us transfer this money to your country and 5% will be mapped out for anyexpenses both of us incurred during the transaction while 70% will be for my family to invest in your country.

So you are requested to fly down to South Africa for a
meeting,and signing agreement.If there is time we will also commence in the transaction,which will take 3 to 4 working days.

All I want you to do is to furnish me with your entire personal phone and fax numbers for easy communication.You can contact me through the above
address.Note that this transaction is 100% Risk free and absolutely confidential.

Thanks and GOD bless.

Best Regards,


Mrs.Regina Edwardo.

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