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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: victor01bongani@webmail.co.za
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 23:09:35 -0800
Subject: Message From Mr. Victor

From: Mr. Victor Bongani.
African Development Bank,
Chief Account Auditor,
P.O.BOX 126, Outer Park, BCCAD.
Telephone :0027-76-466-5369
Please do reply me on victor01bongani@zwallet.com

Greetings,

I am contacting you in regards to a business transfer of a huge sum of money from a deceased account
Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried
but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day we decided to contact you due
to the urgency of this transaction.

PROPOSITION;

I discovered an abandoned sum of (Seven Million United States Dollars) in an account that belongs to one
of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family. Since his death, none of his next-of-kin
or relations has come forward to lay claims to this money as the heir. We cannot release the fund from
his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our
banking guidelines Upon this discovery, we now seek your permission to have you stand as a next of
kin to the deceased as all documentations will be carefully worked out by us for the funds
(Seven Million United states Dollars) to be released in your favor as the beneficiary's next of kin
It may interest you to note that we have secured from the probate an order of mandamus to locate any
of deceased beneficiaries.

We shall be compensating you By given you 30% of the total sum on final conclusion of this project
while the rest shall be for us. Your share stays with you while the rest shall be for us for investment
purposes in your country. If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the
trust we have bestowed in you,

I await your urgent email

Regards,

Mr. Victor Bongani.

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