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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: bankktransfer@mail.com
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 16:23:52 +0200
Subject: REPLY URGENTLY


FROM:MR.DEAN NICOLE
246 MELVILE STREET,
YOVILE, JOHANESSBURG.
SOUTH AFRICA.
TEL: 27 735 516 106.
EMAIL:mrdeannicoleabsabanksa@yahoo.com


ATTN:

LET NOT THIS MESSAGE COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE.
BEFORE I PROCEED FURTHER,MY NAME IS MR.FRANK CHUKKAS A
BANK MANAGER OF ONE OF THE BRANCHES OF THE AMALGAMATED
BANKS OF SOUTH AFRICA(ABSA}.

I AM PROMPTED TO SEND YOU THIS MAIL OUT OF MY DIRE
NEED OF YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE BUSINESS THAT I AM
HEREIN TO INTRODUCE TO YOU.
AS A MANAGER OF MY BANK BRANCH,I DISCOVERED A NON
RESIDENCE ACCOUNT THAT IS HAS NOT BEEN OPERATED FOR
MORE THAN 13YEARS ,THIS PARTICULAR ACCOUNT HAS IN IT
USD$85M AND BELONGS TO ONE MR. BRUNO ORWELL A GERMAN
WHO WAS A GOLD MINER AND HAD A COMPANY(ORWELLGOLDLINE)
HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA.

FROM MY FINDINDS,THIS MAN MR. BRUNO ORWELL IS LATE I
DISCOVERED THAT HE DIED IN CAR CRASH IN CAPE TOWN 16
YEARS AGO DURING THE APARTHEID ERA IN SOUTH AFRICA.

HAVING GONE THROUGH THE OLD FILES,THIS MAN NEVER MADE
ANY PROVISION FOR A NEXT OF KIN WHEN THE ACCOUNT WAS
OPENED AT THIS ASPECT,I BECAME CONSCIOUS OF MOVING THE
MONEY OUT OF SOUTH AFRICA FOR OUR OWN USE IF I CAN
FIND A FOREIGN PARTNER WHO WE CAN USE AS A NEXT OF KIN
TO LATE MR.BRUNO ORWELL AND GET THE MONEY TRANSFERED
TO HIS ACCOUNT.AFTER THE MONEY HAS BEEN TRANSFERED TO
YOUR ACCOUNT, YOU WILL NOW SEND US-MY BRANCH MANAGER
AND I AN INVITATION LETTER TO COMEOVER TO YOUR COUNTRY
TO TAKE OUR OWN SHARE.WE WILL ALSO BE VERY GLAD IF YOU
COULD ADVICE US IN A GOOD BUSINESS WE CAN INVEST IN
YOUR COUNTRY.

THIS IS WHY IT HAS BECOME IMPORTANT FOR ME-US TO
SOLICIT FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN MAKING THIS POSSIBLE.
AND WE HAVE AGREED THAT IF YOU BE OF ASSISTANCE,THAT
WE WILL COMPENSATE YOU WITH 35% OF THE TOTAL SUM WHILE
WE SET ASIDE 5% TO REDEEM ANY EXPENSES THAT MAY BE
INCURED BY YOU OR WE IN THE PROCESS OF THIS
TRANSACTION.

PLEASE IF THIS IS ACCEPTABLE TO YOU, KINDLY GET BACK
TO ME IMMEDIATELY SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS THE
MODALITIES OF THE TRANSACTION AND NOTE THAT THIS
TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE.

I EXPECT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,

MR.DEAN NICOLE.

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