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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Gregory Adom" <gregory.adom@trinity.org>
Reply-To: mrgregoryadom@aol.com
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 10:07:51 -0700
Subject: Tremendous opportunity




>From Mr.Gregory Adom

Address:21st Otubour Street- Cantoment,

Ring road Accra Ghana.


Attn


I am enchanted using this tremendous opportunity to converse with you
in this medium of communication. I am Mr.Gregory Adom, Finance Director
of a reputable bank here in Ghana. I am contacting you for a possible
business transfer, I am using this moment to give you the cognizance
and also to seek your assistance to this business proposal.


In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of ($6.5Million) in an
account that belongs to one of our foreign customers an American Mr.Bob
Williams,who died along with his entire family in Alaska Plane crash on
February 1st 2000.




Do not view this as being illegal but an opportunity for us to enrich
our hope in life instead of the bank converting this much money to the
security funds. all required arrangements have been made for the smooth
transfer of these funds into your account,and your acceptance is what
will crown this effort. It will be my interest to finish this
transaction with you, all i need from you is sincerity and trust to
achieve this goal.


If you can be a collaborator to this transaction, please indicate your
positive interest immediately for us to proceed. Remember this is
absolutely confidential.


To establish this you have to send the following information to me


FULL NAMES:____________________________

ADDRESS:_________________________

STATE:_________________________________

COUNTRY___________________________

AGE:___________________________________

OCCUPATION:_______________________

MOBILE PHONE:_____________________

TEL NUMBER:___________________________


I will appreciate you give me a call any time on receipt of this e-mail for
more oral clarification.

Thanks and God bless you.

Mr.Gregory Adom.

Tel +233 240678125

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