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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: "FROM STANLEY SANKOH" <stansankoh@mighty.co.za>
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 17:56:19 -1100
Subject:


ATENTION,

I AM 35 YEAR OLD AND MY NAME IS STANLEY SANKOH,ELDERST SON OF LATE CHEIF
FODAY SANKOH OF TUNGO DISTRICT,SIERRA LEONE.I GOT YOUR CONTACT FROM A
REPORTER
THAT WORKS WITH THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY WHO RCOMENDED YOU AS
A PERSON OF GOOD INTEGRITY AND REPUTATION THAT CAN BE TRUSTED.

I WANT YOU TO TREAT THIS PROPOSAL WITH ALL ATTENTION POSSIBLE.THIS IS MY
LIFE AND MY BRIGHTER FUTURE,WITHOUT THIS I AM NOBODY,I HAVE BEEN KEEPING
THIS ISSUE FOR THE PAST 4YEARS AGO.I DO NOT HAVE FAMILY ANY MORE AND NO
RELATIVES.THE WAR SPLITED EVERYBODY.MAYBE SOME OF THEM ARE STILL ALIVE
WHICH I DON'T KNOW.MY YOUNGER BROTHER AND MY LITTLE SISTER DIED DURING THE
WAR.
PLEASE,I WANT YOU TO TREAT THIS ISSUE WITH ALL RESPECT.

MY LATE FATHER,CHEIF FODAY SANKOH,POPULARLY KNOWN IN OUR COUNTRY AS GIPU,
WAS THE INDEPENDENT DIAMOND MARKETER IN KONO DISTRICT,SIERRA LEONE.
UNFORTUNATETELY HE WAS AMONG THE TWELVE PROMINENT CITIZENS EXECUTED BY OUR
PRESIDENT AHMED TEJAN KABBAH.MY FATHER,ALONG THE ELEVEENTH PROMINENT
CITIZENS[BOTH CIVILIAN AND MILITARY]WHERE ACCUSED OF SUPPORTING AND
SPONSORING THE FORMAL DICTATOR,MAJOR.PAUL JOHNNY KOROMAH TO OVERTHROW
THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT IN 1991 BEFORE THE WAR FINALLY BEGAN THEY
WHERE EXECUTED IN 1999.

BEFORE THEIR ARREST,MY LATE FATHER HANDED OVER SOME DOCUMENTS TO ME,
WHICH CONTAINED THE DEPOSITED TWO SEALED BOXES,ONE CONTAINING 652CARACT
OF BLUE ROUGH CUT DIAMOND GEM AND ANOTHER CONTAINING CASH IN A SECURITY
COMPANY IN AMSTERDAM,THE NETHERLANDS WHICH CONTAINED $16.8 MILLION US
DOLLARS PUTTING MY NAME IS THE NEXT OF KIN.MY LATE FATHER STATED THAT,
HE REGISTERED THE BOTH BOXES AS CONTAINING PRECIOUS ITEMS AS AT HE TIME
OF DEPOSIT.THE SECURITY COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW THAT ONE OF THE BOXES
ACTUALLY CONTAINS CASH.I AM PRESENTLY IN REFUGEES CAMP IN THE NETHERLANDS
WHERE I FLEE \TO BECAUSE OF THE WAR IN OUR COUNTRY.

I WANT YOU TO COME DOWN TO AMSTERDAM,THE NETHERLANDS TO ASSIST ME
FACILITATES THE REMOVAL OF THE DEPOSITED BOXES FROM THE SECURITY AND
DEPOSIT HOUSE,AND LATER BUY HOUSE IN YOUR COUNTRY,AND INVEST THE REST IN
ANY BUSINESS SINCE WE DO NOT WANT TO RE-SETTLED IN AFRICA DUE TO THE
INTRUCTION OF MY LATE FATHER FOR PEOPLE NOT TO SET THIER EYES ON OUR
FAMILY.

FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION,I WILL SEE THAT YOU ARE GENEROUSLY
COMPENSATED.PLEASE,INDICATE YOUR INTEREST BY REPLYING TO ME ON THE EMAIL
STATED BELOW SO THAT I CAN PREPARE THE NECCESSARY AGGREEMENT THROUGH
MY LAWYER TO CLAIM THE CONSIGNMENT ON MY BEHALF AND FAMILY.

YOURS FAITHFULLY
STANLEY SANKOH
EMAIL: stansankoh@netscape.net

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