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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: "prince nana kamokai" <prince_nana2004@fastmail.fm> (may be fake)
Reply-To: prince_nana_kamokai@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 13:42:30 +0100
Subject: please help

ATTN

FIRST AND FOREMOST,I MUST SOLICIT YOUR STRICTEST
CONFIDENCE IN THIS TRANSACTION AND I PRAY THAT MY
DECISION TO CONTACT YOU WILL BE GIVEN GENUINE
APPROVAL CONSIDERING THE FACTS WE HAVE NOT KNOWN EACH
OTHER BEFORE, I WISH TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
INTRODUCE MYSELF TO YOU.
I AM PRINCE NANA KAMOKAI FROM SIERRA-LEONE WEST AFRICA. I WRITES TO
INFORM YOU MY DESIRE TO INVEST,AND TO BUY A LIVING HOUSE IN YOUR COUNTRY.

I AM 20 YEARS OLD AND THE SECOND SON OF MR. RICHARD KAMOKAI.MY FATHER
BEFORE HIS DEATH WAS A KING IN SAGURATU VILLAGE IN MY COUNTRY.

MY LATE FATHER WAS SHOT BY THE REBELS ON HIS WAY TRAVELLING TO LUSIA A
CITY AFTER FREETOWN THE CAPITAL ALONG WITH MY ELDER BROTHER.MY BROTHER DIED ON THE SPOT WHILE U.N.PEACE KEEPING FORCE RESCUED MY FATHER,HE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT WHICH HE LATER DIED AFTER THREE MONTHS.
BEFORE HE DIED HE REAVEALED TO ME AND MY MOTHER ABOUT THE BOXES
CONTAINING $14.5 MILLION US DOLLARS.WHICH HE DEPOSITED WITH A SECURITY COMPANY IN GHANA FOR SAFEKEEPING. MY FATHER DID NOT DISCLOSE THE CONTENT OF THE BOXES TO THE SECURITY COMPANY TO AVIOD THE OFFICIALS FROM RAISING EYE BROWS TO THE FUNDS.
PRESENTLY MYSELF AND MY MOTHER ARE HERE IN GHANA TO NOTIFY THE
SECURITY COMPANY FOR THE CLAIMS,AND WE ARE STAYING IN THE REFUGE CAMP.WHEN WE GOT TO THE SECURITY COMPANY, WE WHERE TOLD THAT MY FATHER MADE AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM THAT THEY SHOULD NOT RELEASE THE CONSIGNMENT TO ANY OF HIS FAMILY MEMBER WITHOUT A FOREIGN PARTNER, THAT IS WHY MY MOTHER AND I ARE SEEKING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.
THEREFORE I WANT YOU TO LECTURE ME ON HOW BEST WE CAN INVEST THIS
MONEY,BECAUSE MY FATHER TOLD ME THAT IT IS DANGEROUS TO INVEST THIS MONEY IN AFRICA TO AVIOD SUSPICIONS,AND DUE TO MARKET INSTABILITY
COUPLED WITH ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY FACING AFRICAN
COUNTRIES,THAT IS WHY WE WANT TO INVEST IN ABROAD.
FOR YOUR MUTUAL ASSISTANCE, MYSELF AND MY MOTHER HAVE AGREED TO OFFER YOU 25%OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE MONEY.WE HAVE ALL THE VITAL DOCUMENTS COVERING THE DEPOSIT AND THE OWNERSHIP WHICH I CAN SEND TO YOU THROUGH FAX ON REQUEST.
NOTE:I HAVE NEVER DISCLOSED THIS TO ANY PERSON APART FROM YOU,SO YOU
HAVE TO KEEP THIS TRANSACTION AS A TOP SECRET TO YOURSELF ALONE.WHICH I
WILL WANT YOU TO FORWARD ACROSS TO ME YOUR DIRECT TEL/FAX NUMBER FOR
MORE INFORMATIONS ABOUT THIS TRANSACTION.

BEST REGARDS,
PRINCE NANA KAMOKAI
(FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY)

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