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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: "Mr.Douglas Randall" <randolas@tiscali.it>
Reply-To: randolas2000@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 22:42:35 -0800
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

MR. DOUGLAS RANDALL
No 45 SMITH AVENUE
PARKTOWN JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA.

Dear Sir/madam

URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

I am Mr.Douglas Randall, Director, project implementation with Eskom South

Africa and a member of the Contract Tenders Board (CTB) of the above
corporation.
Your esteemed address was reliably introduced to me at the South Africa

Chamber of Commerce and Industry in my search for a reliable individual

company who can
handle a strictly confidential transaction, which involves the transfer
of
a reasonable sum of money to a foreign account
This amount of money is total sum of US$10,000,000.00 (Ten Million
United States Dollars), already extracted from various contracts
awarded by my
corporation. As a result of over-invoicing masterminded by the concerned

officials, has been drafted to represent final payment for a contract that

has been executed to the corporation some years back. The money is now
floating in the suspense account of Federal Reserve Bank of South Africa

awaiting claim by Foreign Partner which status we now want you to
assume.

Now is the optimum period to consummate this Transaction. Following
the presidential directive to all your personal/company 's account. In my

last meeting with the officials involved, it was unanimously agreed that

30% of the total sum will be given to you. 60% will be for my colleague,

and me. While 10% will he used to reimburse the expenses that may be
incurred in the processing of the transfer.
I assure you the transaction is 100% risk free as we have concluded
every arrangement to protect the interest of every one involved.
Likewise, all
modalities for the successful transfer of this money have been worked out

with the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Federal Reserve Bank of
South Africa
to facilitate the remittance of this money to your designated account.
However. I would want to believe that you are honest enough and will
not raise any misgiving attitude in any aspect of the transaction, more

importantly, you
will keep this transaction very confidential so as not to tarnish the
confidence reposed on these official by the Government of South Africa.

Your immediate response will be highly appreciated. Please treat this
information as confidential.

Best regards,

Mr.Douglas Randall.




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