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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: nelsonborman1@webmail.co.za
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 09:32:08 +0200
Subject: Request For Assistance

Dear friend

I have a proposal for you, this however is not mandatory nor will I in
any manner compel you to honor it if it is against your will and also I am
sorry for contacting you through this medium but I feel it is more
confidential .

I am Barrister Nelson Borman Johnson of Johannesburg South Africa, and a
personal attorney to one Mr. Morris Thompson holding a dual citizenship of
the United States Of America and the Republic of South Africa. Mr. Morris
Thompson accomplished series of contracts in the republic of South Africa as
a registered civil contractor category ?E? from 1995 and received a number
of payments normally in form of Cash. Unfortunately he met his death in an
Alaska Airlines Flight 261.

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
More details about the deceased himself, you can check on
(http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html)

Upon this development I was called upon by the financial authorities in
South Africa ( South African National Treasury) to present a beneficiary to
Mr. Morris Thompson as the sum of US$9.5Million( Nine Million Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars)is due to be paid to him. This is borne from
the fact that Mr. Morris Thompson did not include any beneficiary or next of
kin in the documents available to the South African financial authorities.

I am hereby contacting you so that I can present you as the beneficiary or
the next of kin to Mr. Morris Thompson. Bear in mind that all relevant
documents relating to Mr. Morris Thompson contracts are intact with me and
would be used as at when required.
Bear in mind that this transaction is 100% risk free and I would advise that
it requires total confidentiality. I would be expecting a response from you
and please forward your direct contact details like:

Direct Tel ?
Direct Fax ?
Physical Address ?
For your assistance in this transaction I would be wiling to give you 30% of
the total sum and the rest 70% would be for me. As soon as the transaction
is accomplished and the amount remitted to you/your account, I would travel
down to your country for my share of the total sum.
Please get back to me urgently with the requirements so that we can have a
comprehensive communication on this regard.

Yours faithfully,

Barrister Nelson Borman.
Sandton Johannesburg,
South Africa.

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