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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: "MARTIN BARU" <martinsbaru4@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:51:38 +0200
Subject: YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE IS HINEEDEDGHLY

FROM: MR.MARTIN BARU
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA
TEL: +27-731-042-538
E-MAIL: martinbaru1@hotmail.com

YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE IS
HINEEDEDGHLY
DEAR SIR,

Good day, My name is MR.MARTIN BARU, the elder son of MR.CLIFFORD BARU, 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
with his party members and his followers, he ordered all white farmers to
surrender all their farms to with party members and his followers.

My father is one of the best farmers in our country Zimbabwe and because he
did not support Mugabe's ideas to claim white farmers , Mugabe's supporters
invaded my father's farm and burnt everything in the farm, killed my father
and made away with a lot of items in my father's farm.

Before his death, my father had deposited with one of the Security Company
in Johannesburg, South Africa the sum of [US$10] Million Dollars (Ten
Million United States Dollars) with my name, then After the death of my
father, I and my morther with my junior brother decided to move from
Zimbabwe to the Republic of South Africa where he had deposited the money in
the Security Company as a family valuables.

So, I decided to contact overseas firm and companies that will assist me to
move this money out of South Africa because as asylum seekers we are not
allowed to operate any bank account within South Africa.

We have agreed to offer you [25%] of the total money for your assistance, [
5%] will be mapped out for any expenses that may be incurred in the course
of this transaction and [ 70%] will be for me and my family investment in
your country.

Please if you are interested in this transaction you required to come down
here for us to meet and know each other more batter and discuses on how to
transfer this money into your bank account for the investment purpose, and
also try to furnish me with your private mobile phone and fax numbers for
easy communication in this transaction.

Finally, you can contact me on the above Telephone numbers and e-mail for
more information in this transaction. So please try to get back to me by
phone or e-mail immediately you receive this letter.

Thanks and God bless.
Yours for the family,
MR.MARTIN BARU.

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