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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.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • miss_selo1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Victoria Selormey <miss_vict@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:10:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello Dear


Dear ,
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CERE ASSISTANC IS NEEDED PLEASE YOUR HONOURThanks for giving this message a=
previlege, I know you may wonder considering the fact that we have no form=
al aquaintance. Please,be honest to me regards your interest in assisting o=
ut of this.=20
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My name is Miss Victoria Selormey,27 years of age ,the Daughter of the late=
former deputy finance minister of Ghana. My father was jailed after he has=
been probed and found guilty of embezzlement of state funds and most espec=
ially diverting a fund donated by the Japanese government for the Keta sea =
defence project.=20
=A0
All effort made by our family and my mother to get him out of jail proved t=
o no avail and my father died due to his deterioting cardiac health problem=
.. On account of this, my mother and I have thought it is wise for me to go =
to abroad with the documents of the remaining properties that my late fathe=
r left for me, especially a $12.5 Million USD dollars that my father deposi=
ted with my name in a bank here in Ghana.
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So I decided to call on you to assist in transfering this fund and investin=
g it in a lucrative business venture in your country under your supervision=
and care so that after the fund has been properly secured I will then come=
down to meet you and send my mother some funds for the sake of my siblings=
/two young brothers to be taken care of. Presently, my family condition is =
too critical.
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Note that all relevant documents in respect of this properties are in my na=
me. Your willingness to assist in this bank to bank transfer, I will forwar=
d all documents and details to you so we can discuss better on important pa=
rtnership terms before we proceed. I am prepared to alocate 25% for your as=
sistance,5% for expenses. God richly bless you and your family. Best regard=
s
Miss Victoria Selormey.
Email miss_selo1@yahoo.com=20
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