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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: "ANDREW KOROMAH" <andykoromah@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 13:54:00 -0700
Subject: VERY URGENT

Dearest One,

How are you and your family, I hope everybody is fine ?.

Please despite we have never met before i got your contact from a reliable source from the chambers of commerce here in Ghana who came to visit someone in the refugee camp where i am,i am using this medium to seek for you honesty and trustworthiness to assist me in the name of God.

I am ANDREW KOROMAH; a citizen of Sierra Leone and 24 years of age. The First son to MR.PAUL.JOHNNY KOROMAH the former president of my country serria-leone who took over from MR.TIJAH KABBAH. Before my father's death he disclose to me the huge amount of money he has kept secretly for my family future and foreign investment. But since his death I am living in Accra, Ghana as a refugee. My father left behind physical cash of $9.5 Million USD and 75kg of Diamond Which he safely kept inside (2) two trunk boxes and lodged in a Security & Finance Company in Accra, Ghana during his regime in the office. I want to invest this money in any charity organisation outside Africa and use part of it to further my education and start a new life there in your country and invest the remaining part in a profitable business for my future life recommended by you to me there in your country.

I am hereby soliciting your assistance to be my foreign partner/beneficiary and adviser because I've not been out of Africa before in my life. So I don't want to make any costly mistake that will make me lose my money and the only hope in my life that is why i decided to contact you for help. You will be entitled to 10% of the total sum for your assistance and 5% will be set aside for any expence t5hat will be incure during the claims and tranfer of the trunk boxes to you. All I want is for you to receive the trunk boxes(my inheritance) and send invitation letter for me to join you.
Your urgent reply will be highly appreciated.Meanwhile the content of the two trunk boxes were not disclose to the security company neither any other person except only me and you whom i have disclosed it to for help as my foreign partner and beneficiary.The company only know that the content is FAMILY BELONGINGS FOR OFFSHORE TRANSFER to my family foreign beneficiary as it was registered with the security company by my late father which is stated in all the relevant documents in my posession handed over to me by my late father.

All the necessary documents of deposit from the Security Company are with me.

Best regards

Yours Sincerely
Andrew Koromah

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