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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:

• This email message is a orphan scam.
• 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.
  • nana@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "nana kuki" <kufi_nana@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 23:18:11 -0800
Subject: CRY FOR HELP

FROM NANA KUFI
ACCRA GHANA LEGON)
PLEASE DO REPLY THROUGH ALTERNATIVE EMAIL
ADDRESS(kufi_nana@yahoomail.com)


IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INFORM YOU FOR A BUSINESS VENTURE WHICH I INTEND TO
ESTABLISH IN YOUR COUNTRY.THOUGH WE HAVE NOT MET BEFORE BUT I STRONGLY
BELIEVE THAT ONE HAS TO RIKS CONFIDING IN SOMEONE TO UCCEED SOMETIMES IN
LIFE.I AM MISS NANA KUFI ,THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF LATE MR & MRS KUFI .MY FATHER
WAS A WEALTHY COCOA AND TIMBER MARCHANT HERE IN GHANA ACCRA LEGON). MY
FATHER WAS POISSONED TO DEATH BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES ON ONE OF THEIR
OUTINS ON A BUSINESS TRIP.MY MOTHER DIED HEN I WAS A BABY AND SINCE THEN MY
FATHER TOOK ME SO SPECIAL.


BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER RESENTLY IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL HERE IN GHANA
,HE SECRETLY CALLED ME ON HIS BED SIDE AND TOLD ME THAT THERE IS THIS AMOUNT
OF U$1,300,000 WHICH HE DEPOSITED IN A SUSPENSE ACCOUNT IN ONE OF THE PRIME
BANKS HERE IN GHANA BEFORE HE WAS POISSONED BY SOME UNKNOWN HOODLUMS.HE ALSO
TOLD ME THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS WEALTH THAT HE WAS POISSONED BY HIS
BUSINESS ASSOCIATES,THAT IN CASE IF HE DID NOT SURVIVE THE SITUATION,THAT I
SHOULD SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER IN ANY COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE WHERE I WILL
TRANSFER THIS MONEY AND USE IT FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE. SINCE MY FATHER
DIED,I HAVE BEEN SO MUCH AFRAID TO CONTACT ANY BODY FOR THIS PURPOSE,BUT
BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL CRISIS THAT IS IN THIS COUNTRY,NOW I HAVE MADE UPMY
MIND TO LEAVE THIS COUNTRY ONCE AND FOR ALL TO SAVE MY LIFE AND THAT IS WHY
I AM NOW CONTACTING YOU SO THAT YOU CAN HELP ME TO SEE THAT THE BANK HERE
TRANSFERS THE MONEY TO YOUR ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY,SO THAT AFTER THE BANK
HERE HAS TRANSFERRED THE MONEY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT,THEN I WILL ARRANGE AND
COME OVER YOUR COUNTRY TO FURTHER MY EDUCATION AND FOR THE NVESTMENT.


I HAVE DECIDED TO OFFER YOU 10% OF THE TOTAL SUM FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE,AND
ANOTHER 5% WHICH WILL COVER ANY EXPENSES THAT YOU MAY INCUE DURING THE
PROCESS OF THE TRANSACTION.AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU NDICATING YOUR FULL
INTEREST TO HELP ME,I WILL SEND YOU ALL THE DETAILS AND LET YOU KNOW ON HOW
TO PROCEED. PLEASE DO REPLYTHROUGH ALTERNATIVE
EMAIL ADDRESS(kufi__nana@yahoo.com)

I WILL BE WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU.

SINCERELY.

NANA

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