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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: johnrossman@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 16:13:32 -0800
Subject: RE: PROPOSAL FOR URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE

JOHN ROSSMAN OWEN.
NO 36 RIVONIA STREET
SANDTON, JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA
TEL: +27-73-560-5549.
FAX: +27-86-640-9017
E-Mail: johnrossman@tiscali.co.uk

ATTN: PRESIDENT/ MANAGING DIRECTOR

PROPOSAL FOR URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE.

Good day! My name is JOHN ROSSMAN OWEN. Elder son of Mr. Ben Jefferson Owen of
Zimbabwe. This might be a surprise to you where I got your address. I got
your address from South African Chamber of Commerce in Johannesburg. During
the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supporters of our
President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white owned farms to his party
and his followers, Mugabe ordered all the white owned farmers to surrender
all their farms to his party members and followers.

My father was one of the best farmers in our country and because he did
not support Mugabe?s idea, his supporters invaded my father farm and burnt
everything in the farm, killing my father looted away with a lot of items
in my father farm. Before the death of my father, he deposited with one
Security Company in South Africa a diplomatic baggage.

The amount contained in the safe is US$18,000.000.00, (EIGHTEEN MILLION
UNITED STATE DOLLARS) and after the death of my father we decided to move
to the Republic of South Africa where he deposited the money with a Security
Company as a valuable treasure.

I decided to contact overseas Firm that will assist me to move this money
out of South Africa, because we are asylum seekers here in South Africa.
We have agreed to give you from the total sum 25% for helping us to move
this money to your country and 5% will be mapped out for expenses that both
of us might incur during the course of this transaction and 70% will be
for me and my family to invest in your country.

All I want is for you to come down to South Africa to open a non-resident
bank account where the money will be deposited for an onward transfer into
your nominated bank account and also to furnish me with your personal phone
and fax numbers for a private communication. You can contact me on the above
numbers.

Note that this transaction is 100% risk free and absolute confidential.

Thanks and God bless.

Best regards,

JOHN ROSSMAN OWEN.
(For the family)

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