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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "sani abacha" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: "CLEMENT TETEH" <clement.dp@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:31:05 +0000
Subject: IMPORTANT

Dearest One,
It’s a pleasure writing you at this moment of the day. I am Mr. Clement
Tetteh, a Ghanaian National. I work as a Records Manager with Kings Security
and Services Ghana Limited. I joined the services of this company in 1991.
Within this period, I have watched with meticulous precision how African
Heads of States and Government functionaries have been using pro-security
and finance services to move huge sums of money USD, pound starlings, French
France-(Cash) to their foreign partners. They bring in these consignments of
money cash and secretly declare the contents as Jewelries, Gold, Diamond,
Precious stones, family treasures, documents etc. Gen.Sani Abacha of Nigeria
(dead), Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire (dead), Foday Sankoy of Sierra-Leone,
Babangida of Nigeria, Felex Houphet Buigny of Ivory Coast (dead), Kanan
Bedie of Ivory Coast etc, All these people have several of consignments
deposited with our company. I have watched closely how these dignitaries
moved these funds through us (Agents) to their foreign partners in the name
of family treasures etc. And nobody ever knows the true content to be money
(Cash).
>From my last year’s records, I discovered that there is one particular
consignment which has been so long here without anyone coming for it. The
owner is dead and nobody else has the knowledge of its existence here. It
contains $40M USD (Cash).
I want your assistance to help me move it out to where you can have access
to it and then invite me over for sharing. The procedure is simple: apply
officially for the release of it to you as the owner. If any question
arises, get back to me and I will furnish you with all it’s details. After
confirming the correctness of the details, they would release, it upon your
demand.
I suggest upon conclusion that we shall share 50/50.
Be rest assured that this transaction carries no risk as I am here to
monitor the whole process. My cell is: 002332770i5822.
I am looking forward for your reply.
Thanks,
Mr Clement

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