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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: "THEMBA DODI" <thembadodi1@zwallet.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2000 04:08:38 +0000
Subject: for your kind considerartion



Dear Sir,

Complements. I opted to use the only secured and confidential medium (email) available to seek your consent for an assistance/partnership in a business transaction, which is of mutual benefit.

I am a member of the Federal Government of South Africa Contract Award and Monitoring Committee, Department Of Minerals and Energy (DME). My Committee awarded a contract to a foreign firm in DME. The contract was over invoiced to the tune of GB£12.5M. (Twelve million, five hundred thousand British Pounds Sterling only). This was done deliberately. The over-invoicing was an agreement by my committee to benefit from the project. We wish to transfer the funds (GB £ 12.5M), which is in a suspense Account with DME into any Overseas Account that we expect you to provide.

BENEFITS: -

For providing the account where we shall remit the money, you will be entitled to 28% of the money, 75% for my colleagues and I, 2% set aside for any expenses parties might incur during and after in the course of the transaction if any.

It doesn't matter if you do contract projects of this nature. The conclusion is that you won the contract and subcontracted it to other companies.

We have strong reliable contacts at the Reserve Bank of South Africa, Federal Ministry of Finance to facilitate the transfer. We have no doubt that the funds will be released and transferred if we get the necessary foreign partner to assist. On conclusion of the transaction, we shall through our links withdraw all documents used from all the concerned Government Ministries for 100% security.

Please confirm your interest via Tel No: 27 73 181 5108, Fax No; 27 11 507 6134. Or Email info@absabanklimited.co.uk <mailto:info@absabanklimited.co.uk>. Should you decline the offer, please keep me posted to enable me scout for another foreign partner.

I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation,

Yours Truly,

MR.THEMBA DODI

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