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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: "SUZAN FORD" <suzanford@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 12:40:13 +0200
Subject: FROM: Mrs Suzan Ford.

FROM: Mrs Suzan Ford.
Residence: 470 Greek Street, Edenvale
Johannesburg- South Africa.

Dear Sir,

Due to my careful search for an honest, reliable and sincere business
partner, I got your contact from internet and I ask if you can be trusted
not to break an agreement? Still, it took me time to make up my mind to
contact you and to offer you this proposal of mine of which my whole life
depends on.

My name is Mrs.Suzan Ford , the wife of Late Mr. Terry Ford . A Zimbabwe
business Man, politician and Farmer. During the current crises against the
farmers in Zimbabwe from the supporters of President Robert Mugabe to
claim all the white-owned farms to his party members and his followers, he
ordered all white farmers to surrender all farms to his party members and
his followers.

My Husband is One of the most successful multi- farmers in our country and
because he did not support Mugabe`s ideas, Mugabe's supporters invaded his
farm and burnt everything in the farm, killing him and made away with a lot
of items in my husband's farm. He was dragged out from his car and
humiliated.

Please visit this site for details:
http://www.thefarmer.co.zw/main.htm
http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0418/zimbabwe.html

Before his death, my husband had deposited with a security company in South
Africa the sum of (USD $6MILLION). (The documents of which he only made me
aware of it.)
After the death of my husband , I decided to move to Republic of South
Africa where I re-located under political asylum as a refugee to seek for
foriegn patner overseas that will assist me to move this money out of the
security company to HIS country

As an asylum seeker I am not allowed to operate any Bank Account within
South Africa .I have agreed to offer you 20% of the total sum for your
assistance as soon as the money get`s into your account. I want truth and
honest to be our watch word in this transaction and please treat this
transaction with strictly confidential for the successful out come of it.
All I want you to do is to furnish me withyour personal phone and fax
numbers and also your private e-mail address for easy and urgent
communication.

Note that this transaction is 100% Risk free and absolutely confidential.

Thanks and God bless you.

Sincerely Yours,
Mrs. Suzan Ford ( For the Family)

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