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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "please indicate your interest" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million dollars" (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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "patrick foday" <patrick4foday@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:51:28 -0500
Subject: FROM PATRICK

DEAR. SIR,

THIS MESSAGE MIGHT MEET YOU IN ALMOST SURPRISE. HOWEVER MY NAME IS PATRICK
SANKOH.I AM 25 YEARS OLD .I AM THE ELDEST SON OF LATE CHIEF FODAY SANKOH OF
TUNGO DISTRICT, SIERRA LEONE.I GOT YOUR CONTACT FROM A REPORTER THAT WORKS
WITH THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY WHO RECOMMENDED YOU AS A MAN OF
GOOD INTEGRITY AND REPUTATION AND A MAN THAT CAN BE TRUSTED, BUT IT IS LEFT
FOR YOU TO BE ORIGINAL AND TRUSTWORTHY PERSON.

I WANT YOU TO TAKE THIS ISSUE AS A SERIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE.THIS IS MY LIFE AND
MY BRIGHTER FUTURE, WITHOUT THIS I AM NOBODY, I HAVE BEEN KEEPING THIS ISSUE
FOR THE PAST 1MONTH AFTER MY MUM DISCLOSE THE ISSUES TO ME,BECAUSE I DO NOT
HAVE ANYBODY TO HELP ME HERE IN AFRICAN.BESIDES,NOW I WANT TO FINALLY MOVE
AWAY FROM AFRICA[I AND MY MOTHER]TO START A NEW LIFE OVER THERE, BECAUSE I
DO NOT HAVE FAMILY AND RELATIVES. THE WAR SPLIT EVERYBODY.MAYBE SOME OF THEM
ARE STILL ALIVE WHICH I DON'T KNOW.OUR MIGHTY HOUSE AND THE PROPERTIES ARE
NO MORE.MY YOUNGER BROTHER AND MY LITTLE SISTER DIED DURING THE WAR
.PLEASE,I WHAT TO TREAT THIS ISSUE WHICH I AM ABOUT TO DISCLOSE TO YOU AS A
CONFIDENTIAL.

MY FATHER,LATE CHIEF FODAY SANKOH,POPULARLY KNOWN AS IN OUR COUNTRY AS GIPU,
HE WAS THE INDEPENDENT DIAMOND MARKETER IN KONO DISTRICT, SIERRA LEONE.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR US,HE WAS AMONG THE TWELVE PROMINENT CITIZENS EXECUTED BY
OUR PRESIDENT AHMED TEJAN KABBAH.MY FATHER, ALONG SIDE THE ELEVENTH
PROMINENT CITIZEN[BOTH CIVILIAN AND MILITARY]WHERE ACCUSED OF SUPPORTING AND
SPONSORING THE FORMAL DICTATOR,MAJOR.PAUL JOHNNY KOROMAH TO OVERTHROW THE
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT IN 1991 BEFORE THE WAR FINALLY BROKED OUT. THEY WHERE
EXECUTED IN 2005 BEFORE THERE ARREST,MY LATE FATHER HAS ALREADY HANDED OVER
SOME DOCUMENTS TO MY MUM ,WHICH REVEALS THAT,HE HAS DEPOSITED ONE TURCK
BOXES,WHICH CONTAS (6.5 MILLION DOLLARS)WAS BEEN DEPOSITED IN THE SECURITY
COMPANY HERE IN ACCRA THE CAPITAL STATE OF WEST AFRICAN GHANA,OF WHICH MY
NAME IS THE NEXT OF KIN.MY LATE FATHER STATED THAT,HE REGISTERED THE BOTH
BOXES AS CONTAINING PRECIOUS ITEMS AS AT THE TIME OF DEPOSIT IN ORDER NOT TO
RAISE QUESTIONS.

THE OFFICERS OF THE LOCAL SECURITY COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW THAT ONE OF THE
BOXES ACTUALLY CONTAINS CASH.RIGHT NOW, MYSELF AND MY MOTHER ARE HERE IN
ACCRA GHANA, BECAUSE OF THE WAR IN OUR COUNTRY.SO NOW REASON WHY I
CANTACTED YOU IS TO ASSIST US BY TO COME DOWN TO GHANA TO ASSIST US
FACILITATES THE REMOVAL OF THE DEPOSITED BOXES FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY
HERE IN ACCRA AND ALSO HEPLY US IN GETING HOUSE IN YOUR COUNTRY,AND ALSO
INVEST THE REST FOR US IN ANY BUSINESS SINCE WE DO NOT WANT TO RE-SETTLED IN
AFRICA DUE TO THE INTRUSION MY LATE FATHER GAVE TO MY MUM, THAT PEOPLE NOT
TO SET THEIR EYES ON OUR FAMILY.IF I HAVE YOUR CO-OPERATION,I WILL SEE THAT
YOU ARE GENEROUSLY COMPENSATED.

PLEASE INDICATE YOUR INTEREST BY REPLYING TO ME ON THIS MAIL.SO THAT I CAN
PREPARE THE NECESSARY AGREEMENT.
I do not know to what extent you are current with events and disturbances
in Sierra Leone. But you can copy and view these sites below to know more
about.http://www.sc-sl.org/


YOUR'S FAITH FULLY.
PATRICK SANKOH.

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