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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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "patrick sankoh" <sankoh4god@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:42:32 +0000
Subject: yours patrick

GOOD MORNING
DEAR OLINDA
How are you today? And your families I hope everybody is okay.

Thanks once again for your email to me again.

Looking to your mail, I want you to remember that I have already tell you
about this at my first mail that I get your contact though a reporter who
use to works with Ghana ministry of commerce and industry who give to me
about five good name, but after going though prayer and fasting God revere
to me that I go on with you in this deal that is my future hope, but as a
boy of 22year old knowing know body to hope so I have to do as God revere.

Dear Linda I want to be clear with one thing, please if you know that you
are not honest person, please lat me know, because this is my life and hope
so that it can enable I and my mom to look for someone to help us, beause I
and my mom we are suffering too more here in the U.N refugee camp here in
Accra Ghana west Africa,

Please Linda I want us to canceled fast so it can enable us live Africa and
go back with you to your country for our better life please, so now this is
the reason why I and my mom go though pray, so please we need your assists
in this my consignment in the name God please, also I be sanding to you the
lagan document that my father use and deposited my consignment here in Accra
Ghana in coasted of standard security company for you to go though as will
which (i)is deposit certificate (2)is deposit agreement

So now I will be happy for you to go though all the mail that I have bee
sanding to you and also think about it and and go though prays and get back
to me so it can enable us know your plan of coming to help us please. And
also I want you to remember your promise to help me and my mom before we
star this mail and also have in mind that I have open up to you all my
security that I have be keep for a year now. and also try and call me to
enable us know you more please.

Waiting for your urgent reply will help us, please my good sister Olinda.
Thanks and remain bless.
Yours faithfully
Patrick sankoh.

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