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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:
  • "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)
  • "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)
  • "god-fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• 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.
  • katenas@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Kate Nas <kate_nas10@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: katenas@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 07:06:36 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP


Hello Sir.
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it's&nbsp; my great pleasure and happiness to send you this mail, how are you and how is everything going on with you? I believe everything is going on well, anyway am a young girl of 23yrs from Ghana west Africa.am an ebony,good looking,honest,sincere and God-fearing girl whom is a circumstance of death.its a long story and a very sympathetic one, it all happen on the day of 1st April 2004 when my entire family was involve in a fatal car accident, infact that's was a great tragedy and that has really bring down my spirit so much and has taken some many good thing out of me, its a wound that is had to heal, anyway after the incident, being it that i ve no other relation attached to me since that my mum and dad are death, and i am the only child of my parents and their both parents are late too i was taken to the refugee camp here in Ghana to be taken care of by the government.
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Before my father gave up after the fatal accident he made a last minute speech to me and he gave me the contact of his lawyer and he told me that his lawyer is in charge of all his document, and on that regards am the next to kin to all my father"s establishment here in Ghana, i ve gone to the lawyer"s chamber and at my last visit to him he announced to me that my father have a consignment boxes in&nbsp; Security company here in Ghana Called Global Security And Finance Company and according to the document backing the boxes it was unlisted that the sum of 35.5 million dollars is the content of the my father"s consignment boxes at the security company. my father"s lawyer personally instructed me to get in touch with any foreign partner/beneficiary that will help me to claim and receive this my father"s consignment boxes out of the Security Company to his/her home country,and he strongly promise to backup and any foreign partner that will help me get this
my Late father out of the Security Company to his country, in fact my father"s lawyer also repeatedly advice me to claim and deliver this boxes to my foreign beneficiary so that we both can establish in the person country, i ve in mind to establish on estate buildings and factories when i get to your country, i will also accept any contribution you will bring from your own side too on how the money can been establish in your own country.
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The reason why my lawyer instructed me not&nbsp; to retain this boxes here in my own country was becos of my country devilish and corrupt mind people, and the amount in-question is so much money for a little girl of my age to handle.The diplomat shall deliver the boxes at your door step in your country after the change of ownership document has been made and i too will becoming over at once to establish the money in box in your country, the only thing now is that few documents has to be correct and change to your name to enable fast and easy claim and delivery of this box from the security company here in Ghana to your country.
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I wish you have mercy and compassion to my sate of being and assist me, i need a trustworthy, reliable, honest and sincerely person for this task and i shall give 25% of the total amount to any person that shall assist me on this mission and an extra 5% for any cost that will be incurre by my foreign beneficiary for the preparation of the document and delivery of the consignment box.
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I look forward to hear from you soon, and i shall appreciate any correspond reply from you and God will richly bless as you think to helping me.
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Here is my direct email address katenas@yahoo.com
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Best Regard
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kate nas
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