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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "the consignment " (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)
  • "trunk box" (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)
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • charles_sankoh@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "c_sankoh00@terra.es" <c_sankoh00@terra.es>
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 05:57:20 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: From charles


Dear Friend,
=20
Permit me to inform you about my desire to go into business relationship w=
ith you.=20
I am Charles Sankoh the only son of late Mr. and Mrs. Adams Sankoh , my fa=
ther was a very rich cocoa merchant, based in Congo , before he was poisone=
d to death by his business associates on one of their outings to discuss on=
a business deal.
=20
Before the death of my father in a private hospital where he was admitted i=
n my country Congo, he called me secretly to his bed side and told me that =
he kept a sum of us$8 Million dollar(Eight Million u.s.d) deposited in a pr=
ivate security company in Ghana west Africa That he used my name Charles Sa=
nkoh as the next of kin in deposit of the fund he also explained to me tha=
t it was because of this money he was poisoned by his business partner and =
that I should seek for a foreign partner in any country of my choice where=
I would transfer this money and use it for an investment purpose, such as:=
real estate investment or stock market investment and he also said we shou=
ld not invest this funds here in Africa due to economical instability facin=
g Africa countries and reasons best know to him. I am honorably soliciting =
your kind assistance as follows.
=20
To assist I and my mother claim this funds from the security company here =
in Ghana to you in your country so that I and my mother can come over to yo=
u and invest with the funds, this funds are lodged in a trunk box [consignm=
ent] without the security company knowing the content of the consignment, b=
ecause it was deposited by my late father as a family belongings so that th=
e officials of the security company will not raise eyebrow to the funds. ri=
ght now I and my mother is seeking a political asylum here in Ghana as a re=
fugee .we have made our intention known to the security company that very=
soon my foreign partner will be coming to withdraw the box for me in their=
security company. And the director has assured me of their readiness to re=
lease the box [consignment] to you on demand.
=20
To make arrangement for me in your country to continue my educational Care=
er and to procure me a residential permit in your country=E2=80=99s as soon=
as the consignment have been delivered to you through the diplomatic carri=
er of the security company. I will offer you 20% of the total sum of the mo=
ney from the fund as compensation to you after the fund get to your country=
. Please, I will be very happy if this transaction will be concluded as soo=
n as possible. I am expecting hearing from you as soon as possible.=20
=20
N.B: I will like you to give me your direct telephone and fax number in you=
r reply of this proposal. And note that we have all legal documents backing=
up the claims which shall be send to you on demand, And please you should =
keep this transaction confidential until the consignment have been claimed =
by you and delivered to you in your country by the security company and I a=
nd my mother have come over to you,
May almighty god bless you as you do care for an orphan like me, anticipati=
ng hearing from you?
=20
Kindly reply me with my private email address charles_sankoh@hotmail.com=20
=20
=20
Thanks
=20
Charles Sankoh
=20
Next Of Kin=20





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