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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: mark malume <markmalume@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 13:46:16 +0100 (BST)
Subject: VERY CONFIDENTIAL


Dear Sir,

I apologized for using this medium to reach you for a transaction/ business of this magnitude, but this is due to confidentiality and prompt access reposed on this medium. It is with trust that I wish to contact you on this matter concerning the transfer of Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars.

I managed to get your contact details through South African Information Exchange situated in World Trade Center Pretoria, Republic Of South Africa.

My movement and that of other members of my family has been highly restricted but happily I was able to move out of Angola and I'm now in South Africa. I am Mr. MARK MALUME , the only son of the late leader of Unita Rebel Jonas Malume of Angola who died on the 22nd February 2002. Please Download the following website below for more details on my fathers death.
(<http://www.empereur.com/angola.html>)

Before the death of my father he deposited the sum of Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ( 18.5 Million UD ) in a Private Security Trust Company in South Africa for safe keeping only. All the related documents are intact with me and I have contacted the company. I am currently in South Africa as an asylum seeker pending when I get a Foriegn Partner/Investor because the monetary or financial laws here in the Republic Of South Africa does not allow asylum seekers to operate any bank account.

Remember that my present situation will not allow me to search for another person, I absolutely HOLD YOU ON TRUST. Therefore we urge you to respond immediately to this my email address to enable me commence with the modalities of this transfer as we are well prepared to do this promising transaction with you and hope to continue with you in near future.

Please treat with the strictest confidentiality and utmost urgency. You can contact me immediately via my secured and private telephone number:+27 733444662 or send me an email ; markmalume@yahoo.co.uk

Your Earliest Response Would Be Highly Appreciated as I look Forward To A Benefitting Partnership With You.

With
Best Regards,
Mark malume









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