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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "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: "jeffrey ndlovu" <jeff_lovu001@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:34:40 +0000
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL.




Jeffrey Ndlovu.
21 Queens Drive, Darras Centre,
Kensington South.
Johannesburg,
South Africa.
Tel: + 27-73 -217-8242.

Dear Intending Partner,

I understand that this mail might come to you as a surprise since you do not
know me personally. But for purpose of introduction, my name is Mr. Jeffrey
Ndlovu , a South African citizen and an international career civil servant
working with the United Nations Development Agency (U.N.D.A) Southern
African Regional Head Office in Johannesburg, South Africa. I got your email
address through NETWORK ONLINE, a U.N Media Link, during my search for a
reputable and trusted partner to do business with.

The United Nations Southern African Development Agency among other roles in
African continent is charged with the role of initiating, building capacity
projects and providing international and local skilled man- power to
developmental United Nations associated projects aimed at empowering the
underprivileged and deprived communities that have continued to permanently
emerge with poverty, aids epidemics and unemployment.

Currently, millions of United States dollars projects are situated at
Swaziland, Lesotho, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Angola, South Africa etc, under the
supervision of a Dutch Mr. Hanz Von, the former U.N Director General
Representative in Southern Africa. I work in the finance and Audit
department of the agency as a cashier Clerk and Mr. Hanz Von, as my boss. I
happen to be the Mr. Hanz’s confidant and have travelled with him on many
occasions in and outside South Africa as his personal assistant. However, on
one of our official visit to Angola in June last year 2005, my boss died of
sudden stroke and heart attack in his hotel suite. He has since been flown
back and buried.

My purpose of writing you is to seek your assistance to transfer the sum of
$21.5m (Twenty one million five hundred thousand united states dollars) into
your account in your country or else where in the world. After my boss
death, I used the opportunity to transfer out of the organisation’s account
the sum, which I realised out of over invoicing and inflated budget. The sum
was transferred to my account in ABSA BANK here in Johannesburg South
Africa. Due to the nature of my job and for fear of the sum being traced, I
have through my Diplomatic contact transferred the sum to a Security and
Finance Company in Spain, and I have therefore closed the ABSA ACCOUNT.

I therefore need your assistance in (1) providing me with a secured and
functional account in your country or else where were this fund could be
transferred. (2) Assist me in securing choice investment opportunities and
enter into partnership with you if you so desire. (3) Fly down to Spain,
Dubai or Malaysia to meet with me, sign the partnership contract with the
help of a lawyer who will guide the operation, sign off and withdraw the
fund from the Security Company. (4) Receive your 20% percentage of the total
money for your participation. I assure you that this deal is 100% risk free
as I have covered all the loopholes, erased all the information from the
system and changed all documents and data. I hope to resign once our
transaction is completed because of the meagre nature of my salary.

Lastly, you can contact me through my mail or via my private telephone as
indicated above for further clarification. Please maintain the
confidentiality of the matter. Your immediate response is highly appreciated
in order to inform you more in details.

Thanks and God bless.

Mr. JEFFREY NDLOVU.

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