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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: "MIRRIAM VUSI" <mirriamvusi01@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:33:18 +0200
Subject: kindly give me a call immidiatly you receive my mail

FROM:MRS MIRRIAM VUSI
TEL:+27-83-52-707-97.
mirriamvusi01@hotmail.com




Dear:

I know you will be surprised to read a letter from me,but consider this as a
letter from a family in dire need of assistance,I am MRS MIRRIAM VUSI the
wife of the late MR. KOBI VUSI of Zimbabwe.I am writing to you from South
Africa.

Your Firm was introduced to me by a career diplomat who I consulted in my
search for a reliable individual/company who can assist me and my only
son(BRIGTH)in transferring a reasonable sum of money abroad to a company or
private account.I on behalf of my late husband and my only son,BRIGTH
Decided to solicit for your assistance to transfer the sum of
$US18.5M(Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)
deposited by my late husband in a private Security Company in South Africa.

Before the death of my husband he was a Wealthy farmer in charge of rural
farmers union that always benefit from the government of Robert Mugabe,In
his will he specially drew my attention to the above-mentioned Money,which
he had deposited in the costudy of a private Security Company in
Johannesburg,South Africa.In fact he said and I quote"My Beloved Wife,I wish
to draw to your attention to the sum of $US18.5Million.I deposited the box
containing the fund in a security and Finance Company in Johannesburg,South
Africa.

After verifying my late husband's information about the box with the
security company,we wanted to invest the money here in South Africa but the
financial laws of this country(South Africa)do not permit us to operate a
bank because of our residential status.In veiw of this development,I and my
son agreed to find a reputable foreign partner who will assist us to secure
this money for investment outside South Africa.

Now what I want you to do as an international partner is to help us clear
this Money from the Security Company,using your name as the beneficiary of
the fund.On acceptance of this proposal,my son will inform you on the
arrangements we have for the conclusion of this transaction , You can
contact us through this numbers for more details,We have agreed to give you
25% of the total sum for your assistance and 5%for the expenses that might
be incured in the process of this transaction while the rest will be for my
family's investment abroad in your conutry which you will assist us
materialize.Further information and discussion about this transaction will
commence as soon as you give us the assurance and confidence that this money
will be safe when transferred to your account and please give us your direct
or private Fax and Telephone numbers for easy commucations,please my dear
treat this matter with urgency.
Thanks and God bless.

Best Regards,

MRS MIRRIAM VUSI.

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