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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: "DR GEORGE ZANNA" <h22244s@myway.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: h22444schika@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 18:09:39 +0400
Subject: FROM DR GEORGE ZANNA ....

DR GEORGE ZANNA


The Dubai.

The UAE.



Email address:h22244s@myway.com


Attn: Dear Sir


REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION.


I am interested in your partnership in business dealing. This business

proposal I wish to intimate you with is of mutual benefit and it's

success is entirely based on mutual trust, cooperation and a high level

of confidentiality as regard this transaction.


I am representing the board of the contract award and monitoring

committee of the Zambian Ministry of Mining and Resources. I am seeking

your assistance to enable me transfer the sum of US$15,500,000.00 (Fifteen

Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) into your private/company

account.


The fund came about as a result of a contract awarded and executed for

and on behalf of my Ministry. The contract was supposed to be awarded to two foreign contractors to the tune of US$100,000,000.00 (One hundred Million United States Dollars). But in the course of negotiation, the contract was awarded to a Bulgarian contractor at the cost of US$115,500,000.00 (One hundred and Fifteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) to my benefit unknown to the contractor. This contract has been satisfactorily executed and inspected as the Bulgarian firm is presently securing payment from my Ministry, where our Board is in-charge of all foreign contract payment approval.


As a civil servant still in active government service, I am forbidden by law to operate an account outside the shores of Zambia. Hence this

message to you seeking your assistance so as to enable me present your

private/company account details as a beneficiary of contractual claims

alongside that of the Bulgarian contractor, to enable me transfer the

difference of US$15,500,000.00 (Fifteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand

United States Dollars) into your provided account.


On actualization, the fund will be disbursed as stated below.

20% for you and 80% for us.


What We request from you.


1,your names, company name if any- otherwise we will use your name to

register the company.

2, your address, tel, fax and cell phone numbers.

3 Private email address.


All logistics are in place and all modalities worked out for a smooth

actualization of the transaction within the next few working days of

commencement. For further details as to the workability of this

transaction, please reach me as soon as possible for further

clarification. Please, call me on receipt of this mail on


Thank you while I await your urgent response.


Yours Sincerely,


DR GEORGE ZANNA

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