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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: musapapaul@gawab.com
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 05:06:00 +0200
Subject: TRUSTEE

=46rom:Mr MUSAPA PAUL
Address:15 mandela Avenue=20
Johannesbourg,South Africa=20

JOINT BUSINESS VENTURE =
=20

=20
DEAR SIR , =20



Good day. My name is MUSAPA PAUL. The eldest son of DR, NGOMENI MUSA=
PA of Zimbabwe. You might be surprised as to where I got your contact=
address from; I got it from the South African Chamber of Commerce in=
Johannesburg.=20

During the current war against commercial farmers in Zimbabwe from th=
e support of our PRESIDENT. ROBERT MUGABE, to claim all the white own=
ed farms in the country, all the white farmers were ordered to surren=
der all their farms to his party members and his followers.=20

My father was one of the best farmers in our country and because he d=
id not support Mugabe=92s idea, mugabe=92s supporters invaded my fath=
er=92s farm, killed my father, made way with a lot of items from my f=
ather=92s farm and burnt everything else.=20

After my father=92s death, when I was going through his files, I foun=
d out that there is an amount of money which he deposited in a privat=
e security company in Johannesburg, South Africa, as if he knew what =
was going to happen in the future. My mother and I,together with my y=
ounger sister decided to move out of Zimbabwe to South Africa. The am=
ount deposited into the Security Company is US$25.5 M (TWENTY FIVE M=
ILLION FIVE HUNDRED THAUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS).=20

I have now decided to contact an overseas person/firm, who will assis=
t me to move this money out of South Africa because we are asylum see=
kers here in South Africa, and the law here does not permit us to exe=
rcise financial rights. If you consider this proposal, we have agreed=
to give you the total sum of 30% for assisting us to move this money=
to your country and 70% will be for me and my family to invest in yo=
u country.=20

I will like you to furnish me with your personal details, phone numbe=
r for easy communication. You can contact me on my direct phone numbe=
r +27-73-636-0064
And modalities on how this transaction will be done shall be revealed=
to you once we establish trust between ourselves.=20

Note: This transaction is 100% risk free and is absolutely confident=
cial.=20

Thanks and God Bless

MUSAPA PAUL

for the family

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