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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: "Godfery" <godferynick@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 1980 15:58:40 -0800
Subject: ASSISTANCE

Dear Friend,
How are you and the daily activities including your
family? Hope everybody is fine.Though we've not met
before,I ,Godfery Nick ,l got your contact through
Accra Chamber of commerce here in Accra Ghana. I am a citizen Sierra Leone, elder son to the Minister of Mines and Energy who was killed during the Sierra Leonean war by the rebels. My father died and left behind physical cash of $19.7 Million USD which he safely kept in a Security Finance Company.
I want to invest this money in any profitable business like Estate Development and Management or any other of your choice in your country.
I am hereby soliciting your assistance to STAND as my Father's foreign partner to enable us sign out this fund from the company and transfer it to your country for investment.It will interest you to know that in depositing of this fund my father did not declear the contents of this luggage as fund but Personal Effect being an irrevocable GIFT to his Foreign Associate and no particular name was mentioned. I've not been to Europe/U.S.or Asia countries before in my life, So I don't want to make any costly mistake that will make me lose my this opportunity. You will be entitled to 20% of the total sum for your assistance. All the necessary documents relating to this deposit from the Security Company are with me and l will not hesitate to send you the documents for your perusal immediately l ascertain your sincere interest to assist me. As you understand this project is a confidential issue which l will prefer it to remain so until we have secured the fund. In your reply, please include yo
ur private telephone and fax numbers.
Thanks for your co-operation
My best regards.
Godfery Nick

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