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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: GHANI MARGAI <ghani_magaigh@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 23:33:03 -0800 (PST)
Subject: YOUR URGENT REPLY PLEASE.


FROM MR GHANI MARGAI
BUDUMBURA REFUGGEE CAMP.
ACCRA GHANA.

Good day,

Forgive my indignation if this message comes to you as a surprise and if it might offend you without your prior consent and writing through this channel.

First let me use this medium to introduce myself , I am GHANI MARGAI from KONO district north of freetown SIERRA LEONE west africa from the family of late SIR MILTON MARGAI the FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF SIERRA LEONE whom was my great grand father, MY late father DR..JULIUS SPENCER MARGAI,before his death he hold a very sensitive position in PRESIDENT TEJAN KABBAHS government in SIERRA LEONE.

My father has a bullet shot by the rebels west side boys on his way to LUISA a border town between sierra leone and liberia. He was later conveyed to abidjan LA- COTEDIOVRE for a medical treatmet wherein he later died, in the hospital bed my father reveal and confide in me about two metallic boxes ( consignments)deposit that he made with a trust and finance house in ACCRA GHANA,containing ($7.5m) SEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS.
I am presently in the refuggee camp now seeking for your help and assistance for you to come to my aid I proprosed that you stand as my proxy person that is my late fathers foriegn partner,so as to get the metall box out of the trust and finance house, transfer it to your country where we can make use of it in a lucractive business investment in your country.

This transaction is now only known by you,myself and my old sick mother whom is now in with me in the camp waiting for the time i get this fund out of the trust house, the secrecy and confidentiality should be mantained for the successfull transfer of this fund.

I will be handing over to you the original certificate of deposit which the finance house gave to my father, these fund was deposited with a secrect code not be any name or any person that means it will be more easy for you to retrive the fund.

I look forward to receive a positive response from you on my private email ; ghani_magaigh@wapda.com

Best Regards

Ghani Margai.





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