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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: warrenburtons@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 12:38:32 +0200
Subject: CLASSIFIED AND RESTRICTED INFORMATION!(FROM DR.WARREN BURTONS.)

FROM :DR.WARREN BURTONS
THE CHIEF AUDITOR OF
AMALGAMATED BANK OF
SOUTH AFRICA.
EMAIL : dr_warrenburtons@hotmail.com
TEL: +27-833-663-265

ATTN: MANAGING DIRECTOR/C.E.O.
DEAR SIR/MADAM,

I know that this letter will come to you as a surprise since we don't know
each other before, but for the purpose of introduction, I am DR.WARREN
BURTONS, the CHIEF AUDITOR of AMALGAMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA. I am a
chartered accountant by {ACCA,MIN} and chief executive of DR.WARREN BURTONS
firm LTD.

The theme of this letter is to introduce to you a business transaction that
could be of tremendous advantage should you accept to participate in it .

After going through some old files in the records of the above named bank, I
discovered that there was an account opened since 1990 by a foreign investor,
a geologist by profession, working with miners at Kruger Gold Company. This
account has been dormant since 1999. The amount involved is {USD 7.82M}Seven
million, Eight Hundred And Twenty-Six Thousand, Five Hundred And Sixty-Eight
United States Dollars.

I want a reliable and trustworthy foreign friend with whom we can claim this
money and in whose account, it will be transferred. If you are interested,
please indicate by calling me immediately. All necessary documents as regards
to the transfer will be prepared by me. Your percentage for the transaction
is 25% while I have 70%.The remaining 5% is for the running cost. This
percentage is negotiable .

I will use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward
transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms from
the ministries and foreign exchange departments. Please remember to include
your phone and fax numbers for easy communication and confidential reasons.

If this transaction is honestly carried out ,you will not regret it as more
profitable ventures will emerge. I look forward to your earliest reply
through my phone number or my alternative e-mail address, which is given
above and below:

Yours truly,

Dr. Warren Burtons.
dr_warrenburtons@hotmail.com
Tel: +27-833-663-265.
{TREAT WITH UTMOST CONFIDENTIALITY}

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