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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: Young Kwesi <kwesiyoung0032@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <youngkwesi@latinmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:33:28 +0000
Subject: Regards



From:Mr.Young KwesiAccra, Ghana. Good Day, May i Implore your indulgence to solicit for your co-operation in a mutual beneficial business opportunity which involves safeguarding funds. In a brief introduction my name is Mr Young Kwesi The chairman, Contract-Awarding Committee of the African union AU with its fund headquarters in Accra Ghana.I am a Ghanaian married with two kids and my wife is currently pregnant.I got your contact during my search for a reliable,honest and a trust worth person to assist me in the transfer of $ 7.7USD.(Seven million seven hundred thounsand united state dollars) This fund was a residue of the over invoiced contract bills awarded by me intentionally for the supply of hard/soft wares,pharmaceuticals/ medical items,light and heavy duty vehicles, apparels and other administrative/logistics for the Sierra-Leone and Liberia during the peace keeping projects. I arranged and over invoiced the items supplied by different companies from different countries during the crisis.It is my desire to seek the assistance of a willing foreigner to provide me with the facilities to transfer this money out of West Africa.

The balance is suspended in the AU grand account awaiting claims from any foreign partner of my choice to receive the fund on my behalf. Now AU is intending to pay all their outstanding balance to their contractors this year as the organization is winding up its activities since the aim of returning peace to the countries and the coast has been achieved. I would like you to provide me with your private telephone and fax including your private email address,with this informations application for claim will be sent to you to fill and return back to the organization in pursuit of the claim legally and then be forwarded to the organization for ratification and subsequent payment. I await your immediate response. Mr.Young Kwesi.

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