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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: najav_111@yahoo.co.in
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 13:57:35 +0200
Subject: CALL FOR ASSISTANCE.

Attn: Sir / Madam,

My name is Mr SILVA BANAC , origin of South Africa and I am working with Icon security company here, there is a silver box I discovered containing 8.5 million us dollars but was deposited as a valuable goods belonging to late General JONAS SAVIMBI of Angola and this box was deposited on 23 of November 1995 .

This very customer passed away since 2001 and non of his family member has come to claim this consignment so I have taken it upon me to contact you for assistance so that we can convey this very box to the U.S.A with the help of a diplomat that conveys diplomatic goods from our company to the U.S.A ,EUROPE and other parts of Asia.

This very consignment has accumulated the bill of 38,000 us dollars for
safe keeping at present . Base on this I have an investor there in the U.S.A that can assist us in rising this fees but he will have 10% of the total sum
and you will have 10% for your assistance but if you handle the transaction sole you will be entitled to 20%. If you are interested in working with me you must forward me this information’s below-

1, FULL NAMES
2,HOME / OFFICE ADDRESS
3,TELEPHONE / FAX NUMBER
4,SCANNED PICTURE PAGE OF YOUR PASSPORT OR DRIVERS LICENCE
With this information’s I will make the charge of ownership of the
consignment to the information you will forward to me, then I will forward
you the diplomat contact for you to contact him regarding the uplifting of
the box to the U.S.A.
I will stop here till I hear from you and you must be rest assured that you
are in a safe hand and my attorney will be handling this transaction for us
to avoid landing in to trouble like money laundering e.t.c. More also he
will draft an agreement both parties will sign to bind us in this
transaction .
Regards
MR SILVA BANAC

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