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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:
  • "million 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)
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "utmost confidentiality" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Joshua Mbote !" <ghanapetroleum02@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <ghanapetroleum@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 02:10:48 +0000
Subject: Kindly, Assist In This Regard


My name is Mr. Joshua Mbote. I am from Ghana, a West African country it is with trust and confidence that I make this business proposal to you. I was the president of Ghana petroleum cooperation. In 2003, a Briton called bill Burton who has been my friend since 1994, came to Accra, Ghana from London to buy crude oil as he has been doing in the past. Whenever he comes, he always comes with millions of dollars to purchase crude oil for export abroad. In this last visit of Mr. Burton in 2003, he came with the sum of $35.5 million dollars cash [thirty five million five hundred thousand dollars cash], which I helped him to deposit in a finance house, which I introduced to him in 1995. In 2003, two vessels belonging to Mr. bill Burton was caught in the high sea by the navy loading crude oil without authorized license, to this end, the two vessels were confiscated by the navy. Based on the aforesaid, Mr. Bill Burton was arrested and charged to court and I worked for his release as a friend through my contacts.To my greatest surprise, the very day I secured his release, through my lawyer, Mr. Burton ran away from Ghana without even dropping a word to me or my lawyer who made his release possible. Unfortunately, all efforts I have made to locate him since his escape is in vain, when I called his house in London, somebody who claimed to be the new occupant of his house in London said that he died along side his wife and his only child in motor accident long ago and the man warned me not to call the number again.Due to my inability to produce Mr. Burton, I was arrested and detained under house arrest since 2005 till date, pending when I will produce Mr. Burton in the court due to the fact that in his bail bound which I signed, I promise to produce him at any time he is needed in the court without knowing that he will run away. Since Mr. Burton is death and has no next of kin, I have made up my mind to evacuate and invest this money abroad preferably in your country or any other country of your choice, pending when I will be released from house arrest. it will be highly appreciated if you can help me to achieve my aims because due to restriction placed on my movement, I can not travel to operate a foreign account for the evacuation and investment of the money, that is why I need your assistance.Please be rest assured that this transaction is 100% risk free and must be treated with utmost confidentiality it deserved. Mind you also that this money has noting to do with my been kept under house arrest and no body knows about this money apart from you and I. Even the finance company where the money is deposited does not know that the box contains money because the box was declared containing gold dust.I have decided to give to you 35% of the total amount for your assistance 5% will be for payment of tax when the money gets to your country as the law might demand while my balance 60% shall be invested in a joint business with you. Please I need your phone number for easy communication waiting for your urgent response.

Best regardJoshua Mbote














GhanaPetroleum Co-operation
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