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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:
  • "million british pounds" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "i will advice you " (this email uses bad English)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: yao osafomafo <yao_osafo_maafo11@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:37:12 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: EMERGENCY



Attention Good Friend.

I am Mr. Yew Osafo Maafo,former minister of Sport
Ghana writing to inform you of my desire to transfer
£9 million british pounds into your account for
investment in your country. If you would agree to
assist me to invest my fund in your country , as my
overseas partner to acquire space, house, estates, or
landed properties in in your countryn Considering my very strategic and influential
position, in the country i would want the transaction
to be as strictly confidential as possible. I further
wants my identity to remain undisclosed at least for
now, until the completion of the transaction. I
therefore would like to know your capability to handle
this transaction with ultmost trust and sincerity.

I need your trust and co-operation to seeing that this
transaction is a success. Note that I am willing to
offer you 20% as your Commission entitlement if
you agree to assist me to make this invesment a reality,
As matter of fact, the reason of dropping this few
words to you are because of the need to invest in
outside through your assistance.

Already I have made every arrangement on how the money
will be transferred or delivered to Europe, depending
on how you might want it hence I am not permited to
travel for now.

I therefore ask that you to assure me in confidence
your capability to handle and keep this transaction as
a top secret because of my position as former sport
minister in the country, this investment, in addition
I will advice you send to me your private telephone
and fax number to enable me spake with you heart to
heart.

I will appreciate to a brief details and ideas about
government taxes in your counry .


Please for further details contact me on my email.
I am sending you this website below to read and
understand my circumstances.

http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=103713

Regards
Mr. Yaw Osafo Maafo



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