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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:
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
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Fraud email example:

From: "grace kenga" <gracekenga6@gmail.com>
Reply-To: gracekenga1919_1919@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:45:04 -0700
Subject: MESSAGE FROM GRACE KENGA


*Hello Dear,

My name is Grace Kenga from Sierra-Leone. I am 17 years old with my younger
brother (Micheal), we are in Ghana as refuge/asylum,I got your esteem
contact and particulars out of desperate search for a business minded
personality in your country, who will honestly assist my younger brother and
I to realize our inherited funds into your account and as well as invest it
into a lucrative business.


I am the only daughter of Mr.Robert Kenga,former trade union president who
was killed by rebels on his way to Capital city,Freetown.Before his death,he
deposited the sum of $20.5million U.S Dollars with a bank in Accra Ghana
for safe keeping and instructed that our next of kin/his foreign business
partner should claim it since we were not of age at the time of so After
the death of our father,i and my younger brother, Michael escaped to the
Republic of Ghana where he had deposited the money in the bank as a family
valuables.


And we were permitted to reside here as Refugees. Because of our present and
unpleasant status here in the camp, we decided to contact you owing to the
fact that we couldn't find our next of kin/my father's foreign business
partner so as to assist us in moving this money out Of Ghana because, as an
asylum seekers,we are not allowed to operate any financial transaction of
such amount within Ghana.

We have agreed to offer you 30% of the total sum for your assistance, and
the rest will be for my brother and I, to Invest in your country under your
assistant

All I want you to do is to furnish me with the below information including
your readiness to assist us achieve this transaction for investment purposes
in your country under your supervision.

All i want from you is to furnish me the bellow informations

1)Full name
2)Tel number
3)Age
4)Occupation
5)Country

I have to re-assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free and should
be treated with absolute confidentiality. All the vital
documentation/certification that has to do with the origin of the fund is
with me for the security reasons.And I will send them to you when we
progress.And I guarantee you that this fund is not government fund, drug
money, or from arms deals.

I will detail you more about the bank immediately I receive your
acceptance response. I hope this is the beginning of a prosperous
relationship between us.

I expect your prompt response.

Thanks and God bless you

Regards

Grace.Kenga*

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