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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • drben12morgan@yahoo.ca (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr Ben morgan" <ben123morgan@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: drben12morgan@yahoo.ca
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 14:46:43 +0000
Subject: message Dr Ben morgan

DEAREST ONE,

I write to in form you of my desire to acquire estate or landed properities in your country, considering your very strategics and influential position, i know
you will be in better position to help me, i wound want the transaction to be strictly confidential aspossible. Hence my desire to have an over sea agent or
guaidian I have therefore been driected to my God to enquire if you wound agree to act as my over sea agent in other to actualize this transaction. The idea in brief, is that the funds in which i intend to carry out my proposed investment in your country is presently in code escrow account of a finance
security vault here in Ghana.
However, I am Dr Ben morgan the only son of late Prof Eliman morgan,of Ghana in west africa, who was
the former chairman of Ghana port authority. Note that my father was posioned to death by one of his business associates, on one there out going business meeting.
Last few months, our family lawyer informed me about his deposit in security vault in Ghana. according to his will, am the bonified beneficiary of the side
consignment. Permit me to inform you that i need your assistance
to provide an account where the whoop sum of ( 7.5m U S
Dollar) will be kept for safe keeping for investment in
your country This fund belong to my Dad and was kept in the
security company in Ghana After my contact to the security vault, i was advised
by the security company to come with the whole documents and payment for the save keeping of the fund I ask for a favour from you, to provide a name for
me to forward to security company as the beneficiary of
the side consigment Note : that an greement will be signed btw me and you
concering the percentage to be given to you in the investment field.
For onward transfer of the fund to your nominted account, pls kindly contact me. waitig for your
urgent reply.

please contact me with this email drben12morgan@yahoo.ca

Best Regards
Dr Ben morgan

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