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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: "Hon. Prof. Dominic Fobih." <profdf@yahoo.co.in> (may be fake)
Reply-To: profdf@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 15:04:30 +0000
Subject: Re:Hello

Dear Sir,
Greetings . I am Hon. Prof. Dominic Fobih ,MP.Republic of Ghana.Presently I am the Minister of Lands & Forestry ,under the Government of President John Kufuor .Acting in my capacity, I awarded a number of large Government building/construction contracts to a German construction firm(Philipp Holzmann AG in Frankfurt am Main) worth hundreds of millions of dollars
In the execution of this project the German firm discovered a colossal amount of precious stones in one of the sites.

I collaborated with this firm in a mutual agreement as regards the proceeds of which I have now received my share of exactly US $18 million.I cannot introduce or circulate this amount into the Ghanian banking system considering my provisional duty as a minister, also earning less than $1000 equivalent of Ghanian Cedis (our local currency) and the strict stipulations of the Bureau of conduct guidelines and regulations for Public/Civil servants.

I therefore, solicit for your co-operation to take delivery of the funds into your custody for investment purposes . 2 Million Dollars will be apportioned to you for your efforts and assistance. I implore you to accord this transaction the confidentiality and secrecy it deserves no matter what your decision may be.

I urgently await your response!
Yours Truely,
Hon. Prof. Dominic Fobih.
Minister, Lands & Forestry
Republic of Ghana
www.ghanaweb.com

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