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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • dav_makume@hotmail.com
  • davidmakume@webmail.co.za

Fraud email example:

From: dav_makume@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 08:30:28 +0200
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL

Mr David Makume
Email:dav_makume@hotmail.com


RE: TRANSFER OF US$48,223,000. 00

Attn:Director/CEO,

My name is Mr. David Makume,I work as the operational manager in account management section in charge of credit and foreign bills of one of the prime banks here in South Africa. On a routine inspection I discovered a dormant domiciliary account with a Balance Of US$48,223,000. 00 (Forty eight million two hundred and twenty three thousand U.S dollar).On further discreet investigation, I also discovered that the account holder has died long ago with his family on a fatal Auto-accident leaving no beneficiary to the account and no other person knows about this account.

I will provide the necessary information and documents needed in order to claim this money. I only need your cooperation as a foreigner to provide your safe bank account information for the transfer. All arrangement that will ensure a smooth transfer of the fund to the account which you are to nominate is already in place. You should also provide me with your direct phone lines for easy communication. I wish for utmost confidentiality in handling this transaction.

At the conclusion of this transaction, your share will be 25% of the total transfer sum, 70% for me and my partner while 5% will be set aside for any expenses both parties might incure during the process of the transfer. The fund will be transferred to your account in two parts. I will first transfer USD 20 Million to your account. I will fly over to meet you after the successful transfer for sharing according to the agreed percentages. I will have the remaining balance of USD28, 223 Million transferred to your account only after the successful sharing of the first transfer without any disappointment from your side.

Let me hear from you urgently.

Have a nice day and God bless.

Yours sincerely,

Mr. David Makume
You can as well reach me at this alternative email below specially for this deal:davidmakume@webmail.co.za

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