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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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  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: Mr Michael Elvis <michaelelvis99@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <michaelelvis@o2.pl>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 17:12:12 +0000
Subject: Dear friend,



From the desk; Mr.Michael ElvisConfidential

Dear friend,

I am Mr. Michael Elvis. I hail from the republic of Ghana, 47 years old married and the Treasury Manager of Home Finance Credit Corporation, Accra, Ghana. I got your information from the Ghana chamber of commerce and after due consideration, I decided to contact you believing that by the grace of god, that you will not disappoint me over this deal.
I have been working with this company for over ten years. within this period, I have watched with meticulous precision how African heads of state and government functionaries have been using standard security and services limited to move sums of money US$, Pounds sterling (cash) to their foreign partners.They bring in these consignments of cash and secretly declare the contents as family treasures and documents etc.
Mobutu sese seco of Zaire (dead),fode sankoy of sierra Leone, Felix houphet boigny of cote d'ivore dead), kanan bedie of cote d' ivore (Abidjan) etc.
All these people have hundreds of consignments deposited with my office. their foreign partners, are claiming most of these consignments, lot of them are lying here unclaimed nobody have ever come for them because in most cases, the certificate of deposit are never available to any body except the depositors hence they are all dead. I have moved some to our office in Holland and London (ready for collection).
Since the inception of the year 2000, our company's management has changed the procedure of claims of consignment, as soon as you are able to produce the secret information as contained in the secret file of any consignment, it will be released to you upon demand from our record. I have finalized every arrangement for you to come and claim consignment no; 1401, containing US$15million. I will supply you with all the information and documents and you will send it by attachment to the management of our company, the procedure is simple.
I will use your name, address, passport number to change the original document in the file and every thing will be ok hence I am in charge.
I assure you that this business is risk free. (Our mode of sharing is 50-50), reach me by email and I will direct you on what to do.
Your’s sincerely,

Mr.Michael Elvis
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