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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: franknkosi@free.lsnet.it
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 14:52:03 +0100
Subject: From Frank

FROM :Mr Frank Nkosi
TEL: +277 610 00101
EMAIL. franknkosi555@yahoo.com
Dear Sir,

AN URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL
I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and profitable business
proposal, Though I don't know you neither have I seen you before but my
confidence was reposed On you when the Chief Executive of South African chamber
of Commerce and Industry handed me your contact for a confidential business.

I am the manager of ABSA BANK, SANDTON CITY BRANCH JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA.,
The intended business is thus; We had a customer, a Foreigner (a Turkish)
resident in South Africa, he was a Contractor with one of the Government
Parastatals. He has in his Account in my branch the sum of US$27 Million
(Twenty Seven Million U.S. Dollars). Unfortunately, the man died seven years
ago together with his children and wife in a plane crash,may there soul rest
in peace, until today non-of his next of kin has come Forward to claim the
money. Having noticed this, I in collaboration with two other top Officials of
the bank we have covered up the account all this while.If nobody shows up as
the next of kin to our said late customer,the corrupt government of my country
will order us to put this money into the goverment tresuary,but will only at
the end put it in their private pockets.

Now we want you (being a foreigner) to be fronted as one of his next of kin and
forward Your account and other relevant documents to be advised to you by us to
attest to the Claim. We will use our positions to get all internal
documentations to back up the claims The whole procedures will last only ten
working days to get the fund retrieved successfully Without trace even in
future. Your response is only what we are waiting for as we have arranged all
necessary things As soon as this message comes to you kindly get back to me
indicating your interest Then I will furnish you with the whole procedures to
ensure that the deal is successfully Concluded for your assistance we have
agreed to give you thirty percent (30%) of the Total sum at the end of the
transaction. I am assuring You that there is no risk in this transaction.
also all correspondence Towards this transaction will be through telephone and
fax. I await your earliest response.
Thanks,
Yours Sincerely
Mr.Frank Nkosi

PLEASE DO CALL ME ON PHONE NUMBER +277 610 00101 AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS
MAIL. OR EMAIL ME ON THIS PRIVATE EMAIL franknkosi555@yahoo.com
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