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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: cosmosashenku4@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 12:12:22 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?PLEASE=20ASSIST=20ME=2E?=


Dear Friend,

I know this letter will come as a surprise to you, but I would like you
to give it top consideration so as to help me and my family out from our
present economic predicament, which the entire family is facing this
time around. I am cosmos Ashenku the first son of Mr Fredrick Ashenku a
Liberian citizen who based in Zimbabwe and a farmer/gold merchant in Zimbabwe.

My father, Fredrick Ashenku who was under the Zimbabwean police custody
awaiting trial for not quitting his farm as directed and instructed by
the Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe that the foreign farmers in the
country should vacate their farmland and go back to their country. But my
father due to what he has invested in Zimbabwe and also on his farm refused
quitting, it is because of this that the president instructed the police
to lock
him and all his properties are now seized by the Zimbabwean Government.
He
later died in detention, All effort made by my fathers friend Mr.Vincent
Connecting, the Zimbabwean Minister for Agriculture and my mother to release
my
father was to no avail. My mother, Mrs. Nanaya Ashenku who is from Ghana
knowing fully well that the case of my father is a serious case revealed
to me
that my father Mr. Fredrick Ashenku deposited some money in the
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK in Ghana.

She has given me all the necessary documents concerning this
transcation, and the money involved is sixteen million, United States
dollars (16.m USD). My mother said I should search for a reliable
foreigner to keep the money because of safety as instructed her by my father
Mr.
Fredrick Ashenku.

my family lawyer advised me that i should look for a
reliable and trustworthy person who will act as a NEXT OF KIN to the
funds in other for the funds to be transferred to his foreign account. this
will make us collect the funds easily and invest it for a profitable business
abroad. . we have also resolved to release 25%o of the funds to you,
and 3% set aside for all expenses we may incure in the transfer process.
More
information about this will be given to you as soon as I receive your response
to this email.


YOU SHOULD CONTACT ME AS A MATTER OF FACT IMMEDIATELY.
SEND ALL YOUR RESPONSE TO MY SECURED EMAIL ACCOUNT
ALTERNATIVE SECURED EMAIL ACCOUNT :
(cosmosashenku@postiloota.net)


Call me on this line: +233 243 428 877

Regards,

cosmos Ashenku

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