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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: cliffduma1@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:16:55 +0200
Subject: FUND TRANSFER

MR.CLIFF DUMA
NO 11 LOUIS BOTHA AVENUE
SANTON.
SOUTH AFRICA.
Email: cliffduma1@yahoo.com
Tell 27 73 000 7299.

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is MR. CLIFF DUMA, the SON OF Mr. JOHN DUMA of Zimbabwe. This might be a
surprise to you about where I got your contact address. I GOT YOUR COUNTACT FROM THE
COMMERCIAL SECTION OF YOUR COUNTRY EMBASSY HERE IN SOUTH AFRICA JOHANNESBURG so
during the current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supports of our
President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white-owned farms to his party members and
his followers, he ordered all white farmers to surrender all their farms to his
party members and his followers.

My father is one of the best farmers in our country and because he did not support
Mugabe's ideas, Mugabe's supporters invaded my father's farm and burnt everything
in the farm, killing my father and made away with a lot of items in my father's
farm. Before his death, my father had deposited with one of the Security Company in
Johannesburg South Africa, the sum of US$10. 5 Million (TEN Million Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars). With my name, and made every documents with my name
both the certificate of depositary.

Then After the death of my father, we decided to move to the Republic of South
Africa where he had deposited the money in the Security Company as valuables. So, I
decided to contact overseas firm and companies that will assist me to move this
money out of South Africa because as asylum seekers we are not allowed to operate
any bank account within South Africa. We have agreed to offer you 15% of the total
sum for your assistance, 5% will be mapped out for any expenses that may be incurred
in the course of this transaction and 80% will be for me and my family to invest in
your country.

All I want you to do is to furnish me with your entire personal phone for easy
communication. You can contact me on the above E-MAIL. Note that this
transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely confidential.

Thanks and God bless.

Yours truly.

MR. CLIFF DUMA.




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