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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: "MIKE" <kofangamike@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: kofangamike@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 13:49:06 +0000
Subject: I NEED AN ASSISTANT

FROM: mike kofanga
E-MAIL:kofangamike@yahoo.com
DEAR,
MY NAME MIKE KOFANGA, THE ELDEST SON OF CHIEF JOHNNY S.
KOFANGA, FROM ZIMBABWE. THIS LETTER MIGHT COME AS A SURPRISE TO YOU ABOUT WHERE I GOT YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS AND HOW I KNEW YOU. I GOT YOUR ADDRESS FROM THE GHANA CHAMBERS OF TRADE INFORMATION CENTER HERE IN GHANA. DURING THE CURRENT WAR AGAINST THE FARMERS IN ZIMBABWE FROM THE SUPPORTERS OF OUR PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE TO CLAIM ALL THE
WHITE- OWNED FARMS FOR HIS PARTY MEMBERS AND HIS FOLLOWERS. MY FATHER WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST FARMERS IN OUR COUNTRY AND BECAUSE HE STONGLY OPPOSED MUGABE'S IDEAS, MUGABE'S SUPPORTERS INVADED MY
FATHER'S FARM AND BURNT EVERYTHING IN THE FARM, KILLING MY FATHER AND MADE AWAY WITH A LOT OF ITERMS IN MY FATHER'S FARM.
BEFORE HIS DEATH, MY FATHER HAD DEPOSITED WITH ONE SECURITY COMPANY IN GHANA, THE SUM OF EIGHTEEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS .THIS WAS MONEY HE PLANNED TO USE IN BUYING NEW MACHINERY AND TO SET UP A NEW FARM IN SWAZILAND. AFTER THE DEATH OF MY FATHER, WE DECIDED TO ESCAPE TO AN AFRICA COUNTRY CALLED GHANA IN WEST AFRICA, BECAUSE OF CONTINUED HARASSMENT FROM MUGABE AND HIS SUPPORTERS.
AS A FAMILY, WE DECIDED TO CONTACT A REPUTABLE INDIVIDUAL THAT WILL ASSIST US TO MOVE THIS MONEY OUT OF GHANA (AFRICA) AND INVEST THE SAID SUM INTO ANY LUCRATIVE BUSINESS VENTURE OF OUR CHOICE THAT WILL BE PROFITABLE. FOR US. YOUR ROLE IN THIS TRANSACTION, WE HAVE AGREED TO OFFER YOU 15% OF THE TOTAL SUM, AND 5% WILL BE MAPPED OUT FOR ANY EXPENSES THAT MAY BE INCURRED IN THE COURSE OF THIS TRANSACTION AND 80% WILL BE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY WHICH WILL BE INVESTED IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR AGRICULTURE OR THEREABOUT.
ALL WE WANT YOU TO DO IS TO ACT AS THE SOLE BENEFICIARY TO THE FUND, AND TO ASSIST US CLAIM THE FUND FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY. AS SOON AS YOU HAVE SECURED THE FUND WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU CAN HELP US MOVE TO YOUR COUNTRY AS PERMANENT RESIDENTS. IF THIS PROPOSAL SATISFIES YOU, DO INDICATE YOUR INTEREST BY WRITING THROUGH THIS MEDIUM.
YOU MORE ON THE MODALITIES OF THIS TRANSACTION. FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE, YOU SHALL RECEIVE 30% OF THE ENTIRE SUM, AMOUNTING TO FIVE PIONT FIFTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS MILLION OF THE US EIGHTEEN PIONT FIVE MILLION, WHILE 60% OF THE TOTAL SUM, AMOUNTING TO ELEVEN PIONT ONE MILLION DOLLARS WILL BE FOR ME AND MY PARTNERS AND 10% AMOUNTING TO ONE PIONT EIGHTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS WILL BE USED TO DEFRAY ALL EXPENSES INCURRED IN THE COURSE OF TRANSFERRING THESE FUNDS TO YOUR ACCOUNT, SUCH AS TAXATION AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS

REGARDS
MIKE

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