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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +27737875231 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "john dube" <johndube001@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:05:56 +0200
Subject: CONFIRMING RECEIPT.

Dear VICTIMNAME,

This is confirming receipt of your mail and the contents understood.

Its very appaling to hear of your experiences in the light of Trying to
help.I must state here that the situation I find myself in the present times
calls for transperency and uprightness if am to suceed in my endeavours.Any
traces of crookedness on my part should jettison this proposal as I bestow
my utmost good faith in you.

It’s for security and safety purpose that we decided lodging and depositing
the funds with a Private Security Company, where we are paying daily charges
for the Safekeeping of the box containing the money.

The officials of the Company do not know the contents of the box as we told
them that it contains valuables to the total of the said amount.

We have all the relevant documents to show to you that this money really
exists with this company. We are soliciting for your assistance in helping
to COME DOWN here to South Africa where you will open a non-resident account
with one of the commercial banks here, so that the money can be deposited
into this account for onward telegraphic transfer to your nominated account
in your country which may be opened specifically for this transaction with
ZERO BALANCE.

You will also help us in the area of Investment in your country because we
will need to invest our part of the money in a profitable area of
investment.

All the modalities of this transaction will be fulfilled with the help of
our family friend here who was a friend of my Dad, he will assist us in
transferring this money to your account and this money has to be REMMITTED
as a Contract Payment, which you executed here in South Africa.

Please feel free to ask any question as I will be very happy to give the
answers to you so that this transaction can come to a happy ending for all
of us.

My Contact Details are as follows:

Phone: ++27-73-787-5231

Fax: +27-11-219-7073

Kindly send me your private telephone numbers so that we can have a
discussion regarding this.

Hoping to hear from you as soon possible.

Have a great day.

Regards,

John.

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