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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: didiwetego@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 06:54:10 -0800
Subject: trust

Sir,
I am MR Didi Wetego Banker in one of the leading
Bank here in Ghana.I contacted you based
on a mutual business transaction that I would want us
to handle in confidence and hope you can understand
the need for us to do this and for you to STAND IN for
it. One MR PHILIP ALEN and his wife,died in
a ghastly motor accident while on a business trip on
the 24th of August 2002.he has the sum of $950,000 usd
made from contracts he executed with Oil Companies
here in Ghana and the proceeds are with our Bank.
Few weeks ago, the Bank tried requesting that the next
of KIN to the deceased should come up to claim his
fund deposited with our Bank.I am the Manager in
charge of unclaimed funds hence my contacting you to
stand in as the next of Kin. After much effort has
been made ,I decided to contact you as to have you
stand in as the next of KIN to claim the fund so that
the bank will not declare the account dormant , freeze
the amount as they stated in the letter
sent to my Department.There is nothing
to fear in this deal.All I need is your interest to this transaction.You
can contact me for further details to this business.
Yours sincerely
Didi Wetego
Area Manager.

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