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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: j_khoza@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 16:38:46 +0200
Subject: TRUST PARTNERSHIP

From Mr James Khoza
Contact Tel + 27 83 730 5031
Email:j_khoza@hotmail.com


ATTEN:CHAIRMAN/CEO
Dear Sir,
Greetings. It is indeed my pleasure to write to you this letter, which I believe will be a big surprise as we are both complete strangers, I work for the Department of Minerals and Energy Resources in South Africa and by this letter I am representing and also acting on behalf of my boss and two other senior colleagues (The Director-General and Group General Manager) whose mandate I have got to contact a trusted and reliable foreign based businessman, concerning a business matter of mutual benefit to all.

By this mandate given to me, we are in dire need of a foreign businessman to assist us in the transfer / investment of USD 18,000,000.00.twenty Million United States Dollars). The key issues are the transfer and the subsequent investment of the said sum.We are ready to go into agreement with you and also offer you a negotiable fee for the putting together and investment portfolio.It does not matter whether or not you own a company or you invested funds before, we shall guide you on what to do. The bases will be that a major company won a contract from my ministry and subcontracted it to you. More often, big trading company and firms of unrelated fields win contract and subcontracts to more specialized firms for execution.We shall follow strictly all the legal procedures entailed in our laws in transferring the funds are legitimate and authoritative.

Please, be informed that under the South African Government monetary policy, strategic positioned officials are not allowed to operate or own bank accounts overseas. Hence our need to for a need foreign partner to front for us.We pray that you take the essence of this letter in strict confidence, as the three officials involved would not like to be exposed on this, kindly notify me via the confidential numbers below for further details, upon your acceptance to assist us. Details will be made available to you as soon as you reply.

You are to contact me only on this email address specifically meant for this business for now, for confidentiality / security reasons.

Thank you and God bless, as I wait for your urgent response.

Best regards

JAMES KHOZA
Alternative email:khoza_j@hotmail.com

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