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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: "Poel Susara" <poel2@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 09:54:16 +0200
Subject: Urgent Business Assistance,

Mrs Poel Susara,


TEL:+27-737-562-590

Dear Sir/Ceo,

I am Mrs Poel Susara an official member of the Commercial Farmers Union
(CFU) of Zimbabwe. After the last general elections in my country which the
incumbent president Mr. Robert Mugabe won the presidential election, the
government has adopted a very aggressive land reforms
programme.
This programme is solely aimed at taking the land owned by white African
farmers for redistribution to black Africans. This programme has attracted
worldwide condemnation from world leaders including British prime minister,
Mr Tony Blair and also forced several white farmers to flee the country for
fear of victimization and physical abuse.

Due to the present predicaments, My husband was one of the white farmers who
was killed during the incident that took place in zimbabwe. Please iam
looking for a foreign Partner to take custody of some funds twenty six
million united states dollars (Us$ 26 Million Dollars) which my husband
deposited in a private finance and security company in south africa for the
sake of my only son Mr emmanuel Susara and thereafter invest the funds for
us into valuable business ventures in your country.
I maped out 25% of the said fund for your kind assistance to move this fund
out of south africa to your destinated bank account. Note that 5% of the
fund will be set aside for your financial assistance that will be taking
care by you in the process of visiting south africa to sign off the contract
in your name while 70% will be secured for my family investment in your
country.

Please if you are interested in helping us,contact me or my solicitor with
out any further delay so that he can instruct you on the further steps to
take.

You can contact my lawyer through this detailed information.

Name.................Harry Vincent.

Telephone........ +27-82-975-9755.

E-Mail................ stausslaw_firm1@hotmail.com

My warm regards to you.

Mrs Poel Susara

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