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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:
  • "% commission" (Beware of any scheme that involves depositing checks or money orders or receiving wire transfers in your bank account and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere, for a percentage of 5-15% of the total. Such offers are *always* fraudulent and you will be liable for the entire amount when the checks, money orders or wire transfers turn out to be fraudulent. Any money already forwarded comes out of *your* pocket then. )
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Andrew mensah <andrew_mensah100@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:34:48 -0800 (PST)
Subject: THIS IS VERY URGENT. (FROM ANDREW MENSAH).


ATTN. DEAR MR

It is my pleasure to write you at this hour.How is your health, family and business?.I hope everything is normal.

I got your E-mail contact from the AFRICAN LEARNERS ASSOCIATION in one of their seminar held recently in ACCRA-GHANA-WEST-AFRICA.
After my series of intensive prayers I decided to write you and inform you of some quantity of GOLD Dust which is {125KG} and about $19.5million U.SDollars I inherited from my late father as the only male survivor son.

This item and the fund was deposited in the BANK OF GHANA by my late father before his death, to be withdrawn by his son and his foreign business partner, if unexpected occurs.

My message to you is primarily to solicit for your assistance in claiming this item and the fund from the BANK OF GHANA as my late father"s foreign business partner.
However, you are only to stand or represent my late father"s foreign business partner to enable us claim the item and the fund from the bank of ghana.
Note, you are only needed to come down to Accra-Ghana-West-Africa to append your signature as my late father"s foreign business partner before the item and the fund can be release to us.
I have set-aside 30% out of the total sum for you and 35% commission out of the sale of the Gold is also for you,because of your assistance.
Remember, including every other expenses you made in the course of this transaction immediately we claim the item and the money out of the bank.

Thanks and remain bless.
Hoping to hear from you as soon as possible.


Best regards,
ANDREW MENSAH.


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