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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.
  • +27741655036 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: adminprojectdirector@administrativos.com (DEPT. OF MINERALS AND ENERGY)
Reply-To: adminprojectdirector@administrativos.com
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:06:15 -400
Subject: READ:Business Proposal.

Business Proposal.
From: Mr.James Dube
Email: jamesdube@administrativos.com

Sir/Ma,

I am Mr.James Dube Director of Project, South Africa Department of Minerals and Energy. I am making this contact with you based on the Committee need for an individual/company who is willing to assist us with a solution to a money transfer.

This amount $28.5m represents the balance of the total contract Value Executed on behalf of Department by a foreign contracting firm, which we the officials over-invoiced deliberately, of which the actual sum has been paid.

Should you be willing to assist us in the transaction, Your share of the sum will be 25% of the $28.5million, 70% for us and 5% for taxation and miscellaneous expenses.To enable us commence, I will need your personal telephone/fax number. Please send your response to Email: jamesdube@administrativos.com, Tel:+27 74 165 5036

I await your immediate response.
Best Regards,

Mr. James Dube

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