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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: "Victor Zandile" <victorz6@msn.com>
Reply-To: viczand@zwallet.com
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 16:12:40 +0000
Subject: Please Acknowledge Receipt.

Dept. of Mineral and Energy
Johannesburg, South Africa

Dear Friend,

I write to seek your cooperation as my foreign partner and your assistance
to enable us to own properties and invest in the stable economy of your
country. I apologize if this mail does not suit your personal or business
ethics.

My names are Mr.Victor Zandile.We are making this venture proposal to you in
strict confidence. As senior civil servants in the South Africa Government,
the South African civil service laws(Code of Conduct bureau)forbids us to
own a foreign account. The money we have in our possession is an overdue
payment bill totaling Eighteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars
(US$18,500,000.00) which we want to transfer abroad with the assistance and
co-operation of a company/ or an individual to receive the said funds,via a
reliable Bank Account.

If you will like to assist us as a partner, then indicate your interest
after which we shall both discuss on the modalities. All other information
to facilitate the remittance of the funds will be revealed to you in due
course. For your assistance, your share of the entire sum will be 30%
amounting to Us$5.55Million of the US$18.5Million, 60% amounting to
US$11.1Million for us and 10% amounting to US$1.85Million will be used to
settle taxation and other miscellaneous expenses in the course of
transferring the funds to your account.

Please indicate your direct telephone and direct fax number when replying
this business proposal I will call you when necessary. If you are not
interested, please also indicate so that it will enable me to contact other
foreign partner with recommendations to carry out this deal.

A swift acknowledgment on the receipt of this mail will be appreciated.

Thank you and God bless you.
Best regards,
Mr.Victor Zandile.

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