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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: "mohammed baraka" <barakamohammed6@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 08:20:13 +0200
Subject: URGENT FAMILY ASSISTANCE

MOHAMMED BARAKA (MR).
EMAIL: (barakamohammed6@hotmail.com)
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

ATTN: SIR/MADAM

Good day! My name is MOHAMMED BARAKA the elder son of JOHNNY BARAKA of
Zimbabwe. This might be surprise to you where I got your contact address. I
got your address from the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry
here in Johannesburg.

During the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the support of
our PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE to claim all the white owned farms in our
country, so he ordered all the white farmers to surrender all their farms to
his party members and followers. And my father is one of the best farmers in
our country because he did not support his idea and his supporters invaded
my father's farm and burnt everything in the farm and killed my father and
confiscated all his investments.

After the death of my father, me, my mother and my younger brother decided
to move out of Zimbabwe because our lives was still in danger with the money
my father kept in hidden safe in my mother's house. The amount contained in
the safe is US$20 Million (Twenty Million United State Dollars) and we
decided to move with the money through diplomatic means to the Republic of
South Africa where we deposited the money through diplomatic means and we
were forced to seek for political asylum as refugees.

So I decided to contact an overseas firm whom will assist us to transfer the
money out of South Africa. Because we are asylum seekers here in South
Africa, which deprives us from operating any account with any bank here in
South Africa or neither to invest. If you consider the proposal, we have
agreed to offer you15% of the total sum for helping us transfer this money
to your country and 5%has been mapped out for any expenses that both of us
might incur in the course of the transfer while 80% will be for my family to
invest in your country. So you are requested to fly down to South Africa for
a crucial meeting, and signing agreement. If there is time, we will also
commence this transaction immediately, which will take at most 3 to 4
working days.

You can contact me with the above E-MAIL ADDRESS.

NOTE: this transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely confidential. Your
urgent response will be highly appreciated.

Thanks and God bless.

Sincerely yours,

MOHAMMED BARAKA (MR).
PHONE: +27-83-4666-011.
(For the family)

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