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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found 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: prince prince <prince_blessing2003@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 05:54:24 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Reply Me Urgently


Dear Friend,

I am Prince Guie, 29 years old the only son of the late General Robert Guie of cote d`ivore he was a military head of state and was later assasinated by his enemies.

Before my father`s untimely death, he deposited a trunk box contaning cash and gold in a security and finance house here in Accra-Ghana west Africa, the consignment valued 10.5million usd.

Please be informed that on the very day my father make the deposit he did not disclosed the real contents of the box but he make the officials in the security firm to believed it contains family valuables which belongs to his foreign partner who will later come for claim and this is the reason why I am contacting you now to help me stand as the owner of the box and as my late father`s business partner so that you can claim the consignment.

I have already arrived here in Ghana to make verifications on the consignment with the documents they issued to my father the very day he make the deposit and the operational director told me that they will need you to endosed your signatories before the release of the box to me which is their company
procudures.

You will be required to visit me here urgently and on your arrival here it will take us three working days to conclude this transaction both releasing of the box and banking of the monies into a bank here and you will provide me with your off-shore bank account for receiving of the monies because my arm is to invest in USA and you will handle the investments for me because of my ingorance in the business world today.

I am in one of the hotels here call me as soon as you
receive this message Mobile; 233-243871647.

Best Regards,


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