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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: "BARRISTER MENSAH ABOAGYE" <barrmennssaahh@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: barr_mensah@voila.fr
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 10:12:49 +0100
Subject: FROM: BARRISTER MENSAH

Dearest,

I am delighted to use this medium in making contact with
you. However if the information contained in this
missives not your priority at the moment, please treat
with utmost confidentiality. I am barrister Mensah Aboagye the family
attorney to Mr. (Kelvin) Williams An American who died of the terrible Attack of TSUNAMI
on 29th day of December 2004 in Thailand.

He was residing at Accra-Ghana, as one of the managing
director of AngloGold Ashanti Ltd
My client Mr KH (Kelvin) Williams, have some consignment
with Ecowas diplomatic security company and cargo unit
that contains raw cash, but the security company does
not know the true content of the consignment except
myself who have all the legal documentation in
my chamber.

As a matter of fact, my client died together
with the whole family, and this funds will remain unclaimed
in the security company IN Accra-Ghana, except myself who is the family
attorney that is in the position of the family's documents,
but i will need a foreign partner to present as the next of kin
to the security company so that we can put claims to the funds
hence, i decided to contact you for the mutual benefit for
both of us.

All the amount that involves in the consignment is us$250m.
(Two hundred and fifty million united state dollars)
for your assistance in helping me putting claims to the
consignment in Accra-Ghana,and deposit the whole funds into
your norminated bank account for safe keeping, I will offer you 28%, while
12% has been set aside for any expenses both parties might
incurred during the completion of this project, the
remaining 60% will be used for any fruitful investment you
will introduce me in your country.

yours sincerely,


Barrister Mensah Aboagye.

N/B: please if you received this message by mistake, do not
hesitate to let me know immediately, thanks for your understanding.

You can also contact me with my alternative email address:
barr.aboagye@latinmail.com

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