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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: otutumichael@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 15:15:22 +0200
Subject: 2nd letter to you pls SOS by reply.

Mr. Otutu Michael Writes;

Sir,

I got your contact through confidant source then I took the courage to contact you on behalf of my family presently in Southern Africa on exile. We were forced out of our land of origin after the death of my father who was murdered in cold blood over land dispute crisis in my country that is till going on.

On behalf of the that I am contacting you on mandate given to me as the eldest son to seek for a trusted foreign partner to assist us invest our inheritance Money amounting to US$25Million in cash and Diamond worth about $50Million in your country.

The aforesaid amount and the Raw Diamond are currently in Private Security Vault in Johannesburg.

Please I want to know if we can use your contact to ship the Diamond/Transfer the money to your country for investment use. Also need your assistance to migrate us to your country to settle and invest in any profitable organization you may advice.

Thus; we the family agreed to give you 20% of the total sum for using your account and from any proceed made from the Diamond if help to sale it your country. This stands for your compensation for your assistance.

Please do not let us down, because we have two contacts in your country which is our state in mind to settle and invest, but notwithstanding we took you into confidence hence I took the courage to you, therefore do not let us down pls.

Finally, I will be pleased to have your contacts, telephone/fax, receiving or postal address through our pvt email, otutu@myself.com call pvt phone +27 835 193 913 for more details.



God Bless.
Mr. Michael Otutu
For. The Family.

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