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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.
  • +27733255277 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "DR MARTINS MVOYOR" <martinsmvoyor109@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: martinsmvoyor@myway.com
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:35:47 +0200
Subject: FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA

From: Dr Martins Mvoyor
Home Address: No: 9A Second Avenue Wesdene,
Johannesburg South Africa.



I was convinced as to solicit for your support and
assistance after reading your profile.

I wish to inform if you can do us a favour to transfer
the sum of US$10.4 Million Dollars in your account for
investment. After Our Organisational
Development Consultant, Mrs. Lynne Bezuidenhout by
going through some old files in the records, we discovered
that if we do not remit this money out immediately it would
be forfeited for noreason.

I am contacting you as a foreigner because this money
cannot be approved to a local bank here, but can only be
approved to any foreign account because the money is in
United States Dollars and the former owner Late Jonas
M.Savimbi The Angolan rebel leader (UNITA) was a
foreigner too. I know that this message will come
to you as surprise as we don’t know ourselves before.

You can view the web site bellow for more information
on our late
client.http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0843803.html

I want to let you know that we are more that three (3)
involved in this transaction including Mr.Bongani
Dube The Chief Accountant First National Bank,
Branch Braamfontein. I want you to know the
personalities involved in this project so that you
would not think that this is a gimmick transaction.

Meanwhile all the arrangements how to transfer this
fund have been concluded, once again we are going to reachan
agreement with you for the self-keeping of the fund and percentage
which
you
will accept from us for the total fund transfer. While expecting your
call for more details you may requires.

Regards,

Dr Martins Mvoyor

The Bill and Exchange(Assistant) Manager.
First Rand Bank. Ath Floor,5 Merchant Place, Corner
Fredman Drive & Rivonia Road
Sandton 49.South Africa
Tel: +27 73 325 5277

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