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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: "bhutelezi nelson" <bhutelezi@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 13:56:56 +0000
Subject: WITH REGARDS

Dear sir;

Greetings;

My name is Mr Okoro Bhutelezi, I hail from the Republic of
South Africa, 41 years, married with three children. I am the
Diretor of Global Security & Finance Services Limited South Africa.
I got the information concerning you from the foreign department of
our chamber of commerce and after due consideration, I decided to
contact you believing that by the Grace of God, that you will not
disappoint me over this deal.

I have been working with this company for over fifteen years.
Within this period, I have watched with meticulous precision how
African Heads of State and Government functionaries have been using
Global Security & Finance Ltd to move sums of money USD, Pounds
Sterling, French Francs (cash) to their foreign partners. They
bring in these consignments of cash and secretly declare the
contents as jewelries, golds,diamonds, precious stones, family
treasures, etc. Their foreign partners, friends and relatives ar e
claiming most of these consignments. A lot of them are lying here
unclaimed for as much as five years. Nobody will ever come for them
because in most cases, the Certificate of Deposit are never
available to anybody except the depositors or me since most of them
are dead.

I have through the instrumentality of Global Security & Finance re-
deposited all these unclaimed and overstayed consignment into the
Vault Facility of a reputable Security Company in Europe.

Since the inception of the year 2002, our company's management has
changed the procedure of claims of consignment, as soon as you are
able to produce the secret information as contained in the secret
file of any consignment, it will be released to you upon demand.

I have finalized every arrangement for you to claim consignment
No. 1401, 1402 containing $30 Million. I will supply you with all
the information and documents that will facilitate your easy claim
of the consignment.Upon your positive reply of this letter , I will
furnish you with further details and information regarding the
modus operandi for the execution of the transaction.

This business is risk free as I have taken necessary preventive
measures.The mode of sharing will be eqaul, you can reach me by
email and I will direct you on what to do.Upon your positive
consideration and reply of this letter I shall give you a confiden
tial telephone number with which we can discuss the execution of
the business.

Expedite action.

Yours faithfully,

Mr Okoro Bhutelezi.

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