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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)
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
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Fraud email example:

From: "John K. Fornah" <johnkfornah9@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: johnkumarajimfornah@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:45:01 +0000
Subject: From John Kumara Fornah!!!

Dear Friend,

Permit me to use this medium to sincerely seek your consent/agreement in a
partnership business that will be will be of great benefit to you and my
family.

First of all by Introduction My name is John Kumara Jim Fornah Jnr born
1980,From the Diamond Rich town of Mende western Freetown Sierra Leone west
Africa I am the son of late Dr Jim Fornah, my late father held a lot of
respected and envious position in the government of President Tejan Kabbah
before his untimely death after a brief illness, He my Late father was the
former bank governor of my country Sierra Leone, he was also the finance and
Economic advicer to President Tejan Kabbah . My late father because of his
position acquired lots of properties through diligence, God fearing and
handwork.Before the outbreak of the eight years Brutal civil war in my
Country Sierra Leone, My late father sold our family land which was rich in
diamond deposits to an American Mining company ,Because of the rebels
brutality in my country, As the rebels were looting banks, finance houses
and even breaking the national vaults.
My late father to safeguard the fund Hurried went to Accra Ghana and
Deposited the Fund worth $32 Million United States Dollars In a Security
company. My Late father whom was an asthmatic patient, died of cancer of the
heart in 2001, in the United States of America on a Government Sponsored
medical treatment .

My late father`s corpse was Buried in our country home in Mende Western
Freetown Sierra Leone, After The Burial of my late father the rebels West
side boys held Our Entire family hostage until the Government secured our
release, Due to the break down of law and order, as the rebels were killing
everybody recklessly, we left Freetown sierra Leone to Accra Ghana, We
arrived Ghana through a boat with other Refugees, We are presently in Go moa
Refugee camp Accra Ghana as refugees.My Mother tried to locate the company
to confirm this deposit and thank God She found the company, we then
presented the documents to the director and told him that we wants to claim
the deposited metallic Trunk Box in their custody.
The Director of the security company confirmed that they do have such
Deposits with them based on the documents we presented to them, He went on
to say Madam as you can see even from the agreement we can not release the
Mettallic trunk box to you without the concept of your husbands foreign
partner, this is why we contacted you so as to stand for us as my late
father`s foreign partner and also our proxy man to get this metallic box out
of the Security company and transfer the fund to your country for any good
investment which you will recommend to us,We have resolved to give you 20%
of the Total fund $32 Million united states Dollars as your compensation for
helping us. What matters to us is trust, secrecy and confidentiality, as
nobody else knows about this fund except My Sister, My mother, you and I
now.
Even the Security company did not know the real content of the trunk
metallic box because the content were declared/documented as artwork from
the national museum.
We sincerely await your mail soon. Thanks
Yours Truly,
John Kumara Fornah.

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