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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: PATRICK OWUSU <pat_owusu@easymail.hu>
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 14:24:32 +0100
Subject: YOUR ATTENTION IS NEEDED HERE

From; Mr. PATRICK OWUSU
Mobile: 233-242128098
Private Fax: 233-21409821

Dear Sir/Madam,
I have a proposal for you - this however is not mandatory nor will I in
any manner compel you to honor against your will.
I have to introduce myself first; my name is PATRICK OWUSU a banker
working with one of the leading banks in West Africa. In this bank
existed a dormant account for the past 8 years, which belong to a Syria national
who is now late. When we discovered that there had been no depoists nor withdrawals
from this account for this long period, I and my two other colleagues decided to
carry out a system investigation and discovered that non of the family member nor
relations of the late Syrian is aware of this account.This is the story in a
nutshell.

Now we want an account overseas where we can transfer these funds.
Thereafter, we had planned to destroy all related documents for this
account. It is a careful network and for the past eleven months we have worked out
everything to ensure a hitch-free operation.
The amount is not so much at the moment and plus all the accumulated
interest the balance in this account stands at US$12.7 million US
dollars.
Now our questions are: -

1.Can you handle this project?

2.Can we give you this trust?

3.What will be your commission?

Consider this and get back at us as soon as possible. Finally, it is our
humble prayer that the information as contained here in is accorded the
necessary attention, urgency as well as the secrecy it deserves.
I hope my mail did not come as an embarrassment to you, but if it does
please kindly accept my apologies.
Thanks in anticipation.

Respectfully yours,
Mr. PATRICK OWUSU
(Ghana West Africa)



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