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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:
  • "the consignment " (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)
  • "trunk box" (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)
  • "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 orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: michael hulley <michael_hulley47@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: rev_martinkayode@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:30:02 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: YOUR ASSISTANCE NEEDED PLS


Hello Sir/Ma.

My Name Is Michael Danso Kwabena from the gold coast of ghana.I am the only son of my father and the name of my father is Obeide Issamagua Kwabena a politician of the (n.d.c)national democratic congress party. and he is a successfull business man, he hard a gold mining company which am the general oversear.(g.o). of the company.

My father was assasinated by his fellow oppositional party members. he was killed because he was to contest for the next presidential elections and sinces his death i have been hidding from the peppetrators who also want me dead and they want to take over what my father have laboured for. right now i have in my possesions one trunk box consignment containing $7.5Million Dollars which my late father deposited with GLOBAL SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN GHANA before his sudden death.


All i need is somebody i can trust who can recieve this consignment to help me, because i have to leave ghana to any where outside africa,so i can establish with you and we can share after the consignment have been shipped out of ghana so i can leave the country immediatelly to meet you.As soon as you give to me your hands of co-operation,i will send to you the contact of the security company for you to contact them for the shipment to you in your country.

Am looking forward to hear from you.
God bless you.

Best regards
Michael Danso Kwabena


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