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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: "Frank Muller" <frank_muller001@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 08:40:00 +0200
Subject: URGENT

FROM:Mr. KINGS FRANK MULLER
TEL: +27-84-6878025
45 JANE STREET JOHNNESBURG
RSA


Attn:sir/md,

This might be a surprise to you about where I got your contact address. I
got your address from the intenet, website of South African Chamber of
Commerce in johannesburg, South Africa. My name is Mr. KINGS FRANK
MULLER,the elder son of late Mr. SAMUEL MULLER, of Masingo Province of
Zimbabwe.

During the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supports of
our 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
their farms to his party members and his followers.

My father is one of the richest farmers in our country and because he did
not support President Mugabe's ideas. President Mugabe's, supporters
invaded my father's farm and burnt everything in the farm, killing my father
and made away with a lot of items in my father's farm.

Before my father,s death he made it known to me that he deposited with one
of the Security Company in Johannesburg, South Africa the sum of US$10.5
Million (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).with the
Security and Finance Company here in South Africa.
Then after the death of my father, we decided to move to the Republic of
South Africa where he had deposited the money in the Security Company as
valuables.

After reading about you on the internet I believe that some body like you
will be capable of handling this kind of transaction so I decided to
contact you to assist me to transfer this found out of South Africa because
as I and my families were (Refugee) Asylum seekers we are not allowed to
operate any bank transaction within South Africa.
We have agreed to offer you 20% of the total sum for your assistance, 5%
will be mapped out for any expenses that we may incurred in the course of
this transaction and 75% will be for me and my family .
Besides that my family and I would like you to look for us any profitable
business we can invest this found on, in your country.

All I want you to do is to furnish me with your full personal phone and fax
numbers for easy communication. You can contact me on the above Telephone
number.I asure you that this transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely
confidential.

Thanks and God bless.

Best Regards.

Mr. KINGS FRANK MULLER
(for the family}


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