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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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Fraud email example:

From: Dr Thompson George <drthompsongeorge35@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: drthompson.george@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:41:59 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: hello


Dear Good Friend.
 
I  am Dr Thompson George. I am a medical doctor in a private hospital in Accra
Ghana ( West/Africa). I got your email contact through a private search on the net and will like to explain to you about a transfer of consignment which I hope you can be of assistance and it will benefit both of us.
 
I have a patient, a Sierra Leonie woman who was on admission for some weeks in my hospital for an ill health. As a matter of fact, one night this woman called my attention and began to tell me her situations, she explained that she had to flee her country with her only son because her late husband a military officer died in a rebel conflict in his country and since then her husbands immediate younger brother had be en threatening to eliminate her and the life of her only son because one Certificate of Deposit.  
 
As matter of fact, she could not bear it any longer and she manage to flee through a neighboring country with the certificate of deposit of box, deposited in the security company which was declared as family valuable and traced in Accra Ghana West/Africa, she confidently informed me that the content of the deposited box in the Security company was physical cash of $10.5 million(USD) and that the husband did it in such a way, because the military body have once trailed the account of her late husband in a bank and confiscated all his deposited money.
 
She now requested to seek a honest foreign partner who will assist in the transferring of the sealed box ( money) out for her, for an investment as alife time insurance for her and the only son.  I accepted and requested for a proof and she provided the certificate of
Deposit which was clear and
legitimate and is in my possession now.
 
I even made an inquiry from the Security Company here in Accra Ghana and
confirmed that such sealed box was deposited.    Name of Security Company:
Oversea Credit Commission
 
Name of Depositor: Vincent Kamara
Item : metallic box
Security Code: mam/st/b8/cc/00111  Deposit code: yxz/ccp
 
I have accepted to assist her and to contact a genuine foreign partner who can also consider to help as well. She also
promise to give us 40% of the total amount of the money if we assist well,   If you accept to be part of this transaction,
 
please don't hesitate to contact me with your Country of
Origin and your private phone number  
 
Thank you for your Co operation.
 
Yours sincerely,
Dr Thompson Georg


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