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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
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Fraud email example:

From: "micheal kofi william" <mikofi_101@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 13:40:48 +0000
Subject: GOOD NEWS

Mr.micheal w. kofi.
Director Internal Audit/-
Foreign Remittance Dept,
EcoBank Ghana,
471/9 libration road,.
D/L +233-243133182

Dear Friend,

I sourced your profile from a human resource profile database in the Internet. My name is micheal kofi. An account officer to late Mr.Nouvelles Hebrides who is a GOLD marchant here in Ghana, a well known Philanthropist, before he died, he made a Will stating that $13.2M(Thirteen million,two hundred thousand U.S.dollars only) should be donated to any Philanthropist of our choice overseas and charity organisations.

I have made a random draw your name and e-mail address was picked as the beneficiary to this Will.I am particularly interested in securing this money from the Bank,because they have issued a notice instructing me being the account officer to produce the beneficiary of this Will within one month or else the money will be credited to the Government treasury as per law here.It is my utmost desire to execute the Will of my late client since he is no more a live
If you are interested, you are required to contact me immediately to start the process of sending this money to any of your designated official account or your off-shore account. I urge you to contact me immediately for further details bearing in mind that the Bank has given us a date limit.
I await your urgent reply.
Micheal kofi
Director Internal Audit/Foreign Remittance Dept

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