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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: "Mis Mayor" <mensah_suzan@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 12:37:13 +0100
Subject: Need your urgent cooperation


Dear sir,

It afords me great pleasure writing you this fateful Day in respect of my bidding to establish a long lasting business relationship with you. Please, may all hearts be opend like windows where Love and perfect understanding will always shine through reflecting God in all our individual efforts to actualize this life time business relationship. I am miss Suzan Mayor Crayton Mensah 27 years, i have to open up to you.

My late father was the minister of finance during the regime of former president of liberia charles tarloy During his time my late father made fortune. He had deposited the sum of $7.5 milion dollars with the security general bank in Ghana. He deposited this money on the transit deposit account and kept it only for foriegn investment for family. I and my mother are now currently residing in Ghana in the refugee camp, but there is too much of money in the bank vault It is realy difficult to pull out this money accept on transfer for investment.

All assistance i need from you, is for you to stand as my fathers foriegn partner,all required documents are with me to efect the transfer. We have decided to give you for your assistance 30% of the total sum, at the conclusion of transfer. and after i will come over to your country to invest it for business and study. kindly contact me through my private e mail address mensah_suzan@yahoo.com">mensah_suzan@yahoo.com
I wait for your urgent responce.

Regards.
Miss Suzan M Crayton.

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