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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: "Demba Gaye" <demba007@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: Lami_gaye@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 19:30:28 +0200
Subject: FROM THE CHAIRMAN CONTRACT AWARD COMMITEE

OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN
CONTRACT AWARD COMMITEE.
ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES
(ECOWAS)HEADQUARTERS,SENEGAL
FEDERAL REPULIC OF SENEGAL.

Strictly confidential
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Attn: Sir/Madam.
Forgive my indignation if this massage comes to you as a surprise and
if it might offend you with out your prior consent and writing through
this channel.
I am Chief Demba Gaye (His Excellency) the chairman, contract award
committee of economic community of west ! African
states(ECOWAS)Senegal.

l was simply inspired and motivated to contact you. Honestly,my
contacting you is just a practical fate and i believe that God has a
purpose making us meet or know each other via this medium.

After discussing my view and your profile with my colleagues, they were
very much satisfied and we decided to contact you immediately for this
mutual business relationship Presently,we are winding up our operations
in Liberia,Ivory Coast,Mali,Sierra Leone and paying off all our international suppliers
that supplied relief materials,logistics equipments and other materials
to the organisation during the CIVIL WAR in the areas mentioned above.
As a result,the ecowas fund payment allocation committee in their
meeting on 22nd april 2004,approved the final payment of the
international suppliers outstanding bills.

I and my colleagues over invoiced the supplies made by the
international suppliers to the tune of 5,million,which the ecowas
fund payment allocation committee irrevocably approved for payment.
Now I and my colleagues will like to use you as one of the
international suppliers that supplied relief materials and logistic
equipments to the ECOWAS during the civil wars in Liberia,Mali,Sierra
Leone and Ivory
coast in other to transfer this over invoiced amount 5,million
through you.We have made adequate arrangements to effective transfer of
this money once you accept to co-operate with us.If you agree to assist us in this
project,please urgently reply this mail and indicate your interest to
enable us send text of application to you which you will re-write and
fax to the ecowas organisation officially for ratification and
subsequent transfer into your designated bank account.

This transaction will be successfully concluded within 14 working days
if you accord us your unalloyed and due co-operation.Note: We have
decided to compensate you with some money.
Please do not entertain any atom of fear in this transaction,it is risk
free.

Thanks while i look forward to your positive response.
Regards
Chief Demba Gaye.

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