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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: "alfred chike" <alfredchike75@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: alfredchikere75@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 15:40:08 +0000
Subject: From Engr. Alfred.

ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICANSTATES [ECOWAS] GHANA BRANCH OFFICE.

My Dear Friend,

Re: Transfer of US$20,500,000.00 (Twenty million, five hundred thousand
united states dollars only)To a safe banking account. I wish to intimate you
with this proposal in my capacity as a Chief Accountant and in full
agreement with the Auditor-General of this Organization (ECOWAS] In Ghana
office we scrutinized all records and the accounts of awarded and executed
contracts of this Organization (ECOWAS) during the previous Administration,
since the inception of democracy in ECOWAS SUB-REGION STATES and carefully
uncover and mapped out a whopping sum US$20.5M which we want to transfer
into your account as the beneficiary.

You can authentically apply for supply if it interests you to be our client
with full guarantee from me. The money $20.5M has been approved for payment
by this Organization ECOWAS, the Federal Ministry of Finance (endorsed by
the Accountant General of the Organization and to be paid through the Apex
Bank under contract number, ECOWAS/OGN/FMF/GCB/B2517/99.
As top civil servants, we are not authorized to operate foreign bank
accounts hence our decision to use your account in full trust and
confidence to transfer this money outside ECOWAS SUB-REGION.

We have accepted you as our foreign partner sum (US$20.5M (Twenty million,
five hundred thousand united states dollars only). Moreover, it is pertinent
to note that it is not risky and does not require much engagement since we
have taken care of the deal in full capacity. We have resolved to give you
25% of the total for your assistance.

If you are interested in this deal, please, contact me through my e-mail
address above for more lively information. I am anxiously waiting for your
response with hope that you will understand the confidential nature of this
and its reality is a dream come through.

Best regards,
Engr. Alfred Chikere.

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