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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: "felix garang" <felixgarang@partnershipsite.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 10:45:40 +0000
Subject: ASSITANCE

DEAR SIR,
URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL
I AM FELIX JOHN GARANG,SON OF LATE DR.JOHN GARANG VICE PRESIDENT OF SUDAN
AND THE FORMER REBEL LEADER OF SPLM FACTION,AFTER THE DEATH ON 9 JULY 2005
IN UGANDAN PRESIDENTIAL HELICOPTAL HE WAS TRAVELLING WITH CRASHED IN THE
MOUNTAIN IN SOUTHERN SUDAN.

I WAS INFORMED BY OUR LAWYER YUSUF NASIRU,THAT, MY LATE FATHER WHO AT THAT
TIME AS A REBLE LEADER CALLED HIM AND CONDUCTED HIM ROUND HIS APARTMENT IN
THE JUNGLE IN SOUTHERN SUDAN AND SHOWED HIM FOUR METAL BOXES CONTAINING
MONEY ALL IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND HE EQUALLY MADE HIM BELIEVE THAT THOSE
BOXES ARE FOR ONWARD TRANSFER TO HIS OVERSEAS COUNTERPART FOR PERSONAL
INVESTMENT.


ALONG THE LINE, MY FATHER DIED RESENTLY AND SINCE THEN THE SUDAN GOVERNMENT
HAS BEEN AFTER US, MOLESTING, POLICING AND FREEZING OUR BANK ACCOUNTS AND
EVEN MY MOTHER RIGHT NOW IS BEEN HOSPITALIZED DUE TO SHOCK. MY FAMILY
ACCOUNT IN SWITZERLAND WORTH US$22,000,000.00 AND 120,000,000.00 EURO HAS
BEEN CONFISCATED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THE GOVERNMENT IS INTERROGATING ABOUT
OUR ASSET AND SOME VITAL DOCUMENTS.

IT WAS IN THE COURSE OF THESE, AFTER THE BURIAL RITE AND CUSTOMS, THAT OUR
LAWYER SAW YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FROM THE PUBLICATION OF THE SUDAN BUSINESS
PROMOTION AGENCY.

THIS IS WHY I AM USING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SOLICIT FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION AND
ASSISTANCE TO HELP ME AS A VERY SINCERE RESPONSIBLE PERSON. I HOPE YOU WILL
NOT BETRAY ALL THE TRUST IN YOU AND I KNOW THAT YOU WILL NOT SIT ON THIS
MONEY.


I HAVE SUCCEEDED IN CARRYING THE FOUR METAL BOXES OUT OF THE COUNTRY, WITH
THE AID OF SOME TOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL, WHO STILL SHOW SYMPATHY TO MY
FAMILY, TO (SPAIN) TO BE PRECISE. I PRAY YOU WOULD HELP US IN GETTING THIS
MONEY TRANSFERRED OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY.

EACH OF THESE METAL BOXES CONTAINS US$5,000,000.00 (FIVE MILLION UNITED
STATES DOLLARS ONLY) AND TOGETHER THESE FOUR BOXES CONTAIN
US20,000,000.00(TWENTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY). THIS IS ACTUALLY
WHAT I HAVE MOVED TO SPAIN .


THEREFORE, I NEED AN URGENT HELP FROM YOU AS A MAN OF GOD TO HELP GET THIS
MONEY FROM SPAIN TO YOUR COUNTRY. THIS MONEY, AFTER GETTING TO YOUR COUNTRY,
WOULD BE SHARED ACCORDING TO THE PERCENTAGE AGREED BY BOTH OF US.PLEASE NOTE
THAT THIS MATTER IS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AS THE GOVERNMENT WHICH MY LATE
FATHER WAS PART OF IS STILL UNDER SURVAILLANCE TO PROBE US.


YOU CAN CONTACT ME THROUGH MY FAMILY LAWYER IN LONDON BARRISTER YUSUF NASIRU
EMAIL ADDRESS Y_NASIRU @YAHOO.COM TO LIAISE WITH HIM TOWARDS THE
EFFECTIVE COMPLETION OF THIS TRANSACTION AS HE HAS THE MANDATE OF THE FAMILY
TO HANDLE THIS TRANSACTION.


THANKS AND BEST REGARD
FELIX J.GARANG

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