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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: "Dr.Lucas Zwane" <os_egr13@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: lzwane_@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 13:03:35 +0200
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE

Attention: Gast,

I am DR. LUCAS ZWANE, the Manager of Amalgameted BANK of South Africa
(ABSA), there is an account opened in this bank in 1996 and since then
nobody has operated on this account again. After going through some old
files in the records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out
urgently it would be forfeited.

The owner of this account is Eng. FRANCIS COLE, a foreigner and a Miner at
Kruger Gold Company. A Geologist by profession died in 2001, No one knows
about this account or anything concerning it the account has no other
beneficiary and the investigation proves to me as well that his company
does not know anything about this account and the amount in the account at
the moment is US$15,530,000.00 (Fifteen Million five and thirty thousand
United States Dollars) only.

I need a foreign partner/account to transfer the money overseas. I am
contacting you to assist me. Please kindly indicate and if so contact me on
the above phone numbers to enable me inform you on next step to take. I need
your full co-operation to make this transaction work because the
management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct
information on this account, which I will give you if you indicate your
interest.

I hope you can be able to handle such amount in strict confidence because
this opportunity will never come again in my life. I need truthful person in
this business relationship because I do not want to make any mistake. I need
your strong assurance and confidentiality, With my position now in the
office I can transfer this money to any reliable foreign account, with
assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your
country for sharing.

All documents regarding this transaction will be destroyed once I receive
confirmation of the money in your account thus leaving no trace to anything.
I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately on confirmation to
receive this fund into your designated account with appropriate
clearance forms from the Ministries and Foreign Exchange Departments.

At the conclusion of this business you will be given 35% of the total
amount, 65% will be for me. Call me on receipt of this proposal .

Best Regards,

DR. LUCAS ZWANE
(MANAGER, ABSA)
Johanneseburg ,South Africa.
Mobile: 0027737359121.

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