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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: Alex Kojo <dd_associate@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 06:35:41 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: REPLY BACK.


Hon Barrister Alex Kojo.
(Attorneys & Counselor at Law)
Federal High Court, Accra
Ghana Republic.
White-House Building Cresent

Respected Friend,

Compliments, I am Barrister Alex Kojo, i have decided to bestow this trust on you, which I pray you will not ignore or betray. I apologise for any inconveniences this may cause you. I am the Personal Attorney to late Mr.Howard Smith of Norway, who was a contractor here in Republic of Ghana. Late Mr Howard Smith died alongside with his family in the ill-fated plane crash involving a Boeing 727 UTA chartered flight that took off from Cotonou, Republic of Benin and crashed into the atlantic ocean on Thursday, 25 December 2003.

As a matter of fact, my client made a fixed deposit Amount, valued at (USD$5.6M) with International Commercial Bnak of Ghana Ltd. here in Accra Ghana Republic before his untimely death, and upon the duration time of their agreement his bank started contacting him but no response. Consequently, the bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin to the deceased as his personal attorney, or have his account confiscated after three years, as it is in the law of this country. Since then, I have made several contacts to his country embassy in order to locate any of my clients extended relatives, which had also been unsuccessful. So since I have been unsuccessful in locating his relative for over two years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since all of his relation were no way to be found so that the proceeds closing this account valued at (USD$5.6M) could be transferred into your account.

There after, we will both share it in percentage according to our contributions to boost the success of this great transaction. I have all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up all the claims we will make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us make this great benefiting transaction successful. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me as soon as possibles to enable us discuss further the progress of this business.

With best regards,

Barrister Alex Kojo.
Esq, senior advocate of Ghana (SAGH)




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