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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: josephmoyozim1@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:19:58 +0200
Subject: VERY CONFIDENTIAL.

FROM: JOSEPH MOYO
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.


ATTN: Sir/madam


My name is Mr.JOSEPH MOYO, the elder son of Mr.DAVID MOYO of
Zimbabwe. This might be a surprise to you about how I got your
contact address. I got your address from the South African chamber
of commerce in Johannesburg.

During the current war against the rich white farmers in Zimbabwe,
from the supports of our president Robert Mugabe to claim all the
white owned farms to his own party members and his followers, he
ordered all the white farmers in Zimbabwe to surrender all their
farms to his party members and his followers.

My father is one of the best of the best farmers in our country, and
because he did not support Mugabe's idea, Mugabe's supporters
invaded my father's farm and burnt everything in the farmland,
killing my father and made away with all the things 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 $US20.5 million
(TWENTY MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND united states dollars). Then
after the death of my father, my family decided to move to South
Africa where my father had deposited the money.

So I decided to contact overseas partner that will assist me to move
this money out of South Africa because as an assylum seeker in South
Africa, I cannot operate any account. we have aggreed to offer you
20% of the total sum for your assistance,5% will be mapped out for
expenses, and 75% for my family.

So Please, if you think you can be of any assistance to me and my
family, kindly furnish me with your fax and phone numbers for easy
communication.

You can contact me via my phone number, Tel:+27-.82-812-4241 .Note
that this transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely confidential
for my family's sake.

Hoping to hear from you soonest.


Best regards,

Mr.JOSEPH MOYO,

(for the family)

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