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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "contact me immediately" (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.
  
• 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.
  • abrahamsuleahmed2006@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ABRAHAM SULE" <abrahamsuleahmed2006@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 05:13:31 +0200
Subject: PARTNERSHIP INTO INVESTMENT


My Dear
how are you today;hope fine by the grace of GOD .This letter was borne out of my sincere desire to establish a business/mutual relationship with you. I got your contact through the international trade and commerce (ITC).
My name is ABRAHAM SULE the son of late Chief Abraham P Osagie (the former deputy minister of finance under the ousted civilian government)who was killed and mutilated by the military junta led by major,General Paul Koroma after overthrowing the elected government of presidentAhmed KabaTijan. The pressure of war drove my mother and I out of Sierra -Leone into exile in Ghana where we have been living under political asylum.
Sadly, my mother died of hypertension and was buried in Ghana. Befor her death, she handed to me a certificate meant for a secret deposit, which my father made in a security company in Accra - Ghana (West Africa) the deposit that worth US$10,000,000 ( ten million U.S dollars). This was money paid to his corporation by it's overseas customers in the heat of the conflict. He made the deposit in his name with the hope of converting it to his personal use at the end of the war but was killed when the conflict intensified as a result of his opposition to the rebel forces. I have contacted the Security Company to confirm the deposit and to establish ownership.
Due to the death of my Mother and the return of peace in Sierra-Leone, I have decided to solicit for the participation of an honest and trustworthy person or company that will assist me in investing the fund and become in partnership with me . The security company don't know the content of the consignment, they believe that it is African artefact. As contained in trunk box. Unfortunately, I cannot do it alone due to my present social status and total ignorance of the business world. I shall also give you 20% of the funds for your assistance to relocate this fund to your country and for re-investment.
If you are interested in the above proposal, contact me immediately through my mail for a meeting so that we can meet face to face and discuss in details. You must maintain absolute confidentiality to ensure success. Please indicate your personal phone/fax numbers when replying by email. abrahamsuleahmed2006@yahoo.co.uk <mailto:abrahamsuleahmed2006@yahoo.co.uk>
Best regards
, ABRAHAM SULE

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