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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: "martins julius" <martinsj1996@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2005 08:30:58 +0100
Subject: Greetings from Martins Julius

URGENCY
Dear Sir / Madam,
I apologized for using this medium to reach you for a transaction/ business of this magnitude, but this is due to the confidentiality and promptness it demands. It is with trust that I wish to contact you on this matter.
I managed to get your contact details through my Father's library.

My movement and that of other members of my family has been highly restricted .
I am Mr. Martins Julius the son of late Engr. Anderson Uwe Julius retired as one of the workers of an Engineering Company ,here in Zimbabwe who after his long years of service became a great farmer but unfortunately he was killed during the blacks revolutionary against the white farmers/settlers,most of our properties were burnt and some confiscated.
As I was going through my father's library I stumbled into some documents he used to deposit some amount of money with a security firm and land properties here in Zimbabwe.
The amount involved is $17.5 million (Seventeen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars.) in the security firm therefore I am soliciting for your assistance in providing an account where I can transfer this money safely with full names and address as instructed by the security firm.
In view of the above I need a competent person that will use this money also to invest with outside Zimbabwe. This proposal is strictly on percentage of 25% for your assistance and role performance in the transaction.
All formal protocols have been observed therefore there is no risk in this transaction, if you are interested please reply back immediately as my proposals at hand will make us a bright future business partners.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours Sincerely.
Martins Julius.

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