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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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Fraud email example:

From: "john tika" <john_tika@zwallet.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: john_tika102@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 21:31:02 -0700
Subject: need trustworthy person,





I WISH TO WRITE YOU THIS PERSONAL LETTER AND IN STRICT CONFIDENCE,
I PRAYED AND FASTED FOR YOU WOULD BE KIND ENOUGH TO TREAT AND GIVE IT MAXIMUM ATTENTION IT REQUIRES.

I,am John Margai Tika the senoir son of late Sir Milton Margai Tika was murdered in cold blood with my two twin sisters by rebels sympathetic to the Sierra-Leone ,me and my mother Mrs Ivon Margai Tika inherited the sum of $18million U.S dollars from my father who was a Senior Government official before he died .

But before the war started he deposited the money with the bank of ghana treasury department in africa and for safe keeping and onward transfer .But presently we want you to help us recieve this funds as our foriegn partner, We need no money from you, we just want you to deal with the bank of ghana directly, to stand for us before the bank as the new beneficiary of this money. confirm the how my late father was killed in the website below.(www.africanonlinesnew.scriptmania.com).


And i will want you to also go into agreement with me so i can trust you and be sure you agree to take 20% of the money for your assistance and invest the rest with your wise advice in your country .

I will Get a power of attorney and a change of ownership documents.in your name, it will be sign by me in the presence of the commisioner of oath in the high court of justcice in accra ghana which is the origin of this fund,this you will show to the bank that i the next of kin to the deposited money has choosen you as the foriegn beneficiary of the money . this will make the bank release the money Without any questioning, you will just tell the bank officials, how you want the money to be transfered to anywhere in the world,

it may suprise you but this true and no one is expected to know that we are alive and in ghana that is why you must keep this a top secret to yourself alone,because my late father signed agreement that the money is a contract payment for is foreign business partners and should be released without delay or questions. Remember my late father is the biggest Gold and diamond local sales marchant in west africa.
all document covering this funds are with me and every thing is legal accordung to the International Monituary Funds Laws of money transfer law requirement .
Please do contact me with this informations below so i can send all the documents regarding this transaction to you so you can understand wisely.
mobile-00233-244-021677
Email-john_tika102@yahoo.com

REGARDS
John Tika Margai

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