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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • joesankho6@excite.com
  • joesankho3@excite.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Joe Sankho" <joesankho@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: joesankho6@excite.com
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 13:01:04 +0200
Subject: Private and Urgent

FROM: JOE SANKHO
DAKAR: SENEGAL.
EMAIL:JOESANKHO6@EXCITE.COM

DEAR SIR

I GOT YOUR ADDRESS WHILE SURFING ON THE NET,I DECIDED TO FORWARD THIS
BUSINESS PROPOSAL TO YOU,HOPE IT WILL BENEFIT ALL CONCERN.

LET ME TAKE A BRIEF TIME OUT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO YOU, I AM JOE SANKHO
THE ONLY SON OF COL. IBE SANKHO ONE OF THE SENIOR OFFICIALS OF
REVOLUTIONARY UNITED FRONT OF SIERRA LEONE (R.U.F) WHO DIED ON
18/06/2000 WITH SOME OF HIS COLLEAGUES DURING A CROSS FIRE BATTLE
BETWEEN THE (R.U.F) AND THE PEACE KEEPING FORCES IN SIERRA LEONE WHICH
INCLUDESECOMOG, BRITSH ARMY AND U.N TROOPS.

IN BRIEF, I HAVE THE SUM OF SIXTEEN MILLION US DOLLARS WHICH I WANT TO
INVEST IN YOUR COUNTRY.THESE MONEY WAS DEPOSITED BY MY LATE FATHER IN A
SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN DAKAR SENEGAL WHICH I WAS MADE THE BENEFICIARY
AND NEXT OF KIN AS THE ONLY SON OF MY PARENTS.

BECAUSE OF THE PRESENT SITUATION IN MY COUNTRY SIERRA LEONE, MY AGED
MOTHER ADVICED ME TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY IMMEDIATELY FOR SECURITY REASONS,
AND ALSO TO LOOK FOR A TRUST WORTHY AND A RELIABLE PERSON WHO CAN ASSIST
ME TO TRANSFER THE MONEY OUT OF DAKAR SENEGAL.

SIR, I HIGHLY NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE BOTH IN TRANSFERRING THE MONEY TO
YOUR COUNTRY AND ALSO INVESTING IT AS I CONFIDE IN YOU HOPING THAT YOU
WILLNEVER BETRAY ME AT LAST .

I AND MY MOTHER HAS PROPOSED (15%) PERCENT OF THE TOTAL SUM OF THE MONEY
FOR YOU SO AS FOR YOU TO GIVE US ALL NECESSARY ASSISTANCE AND
PROTECTIONS WE MAYNEED IN YOUR COUNTRY.

PLEASE TREAT HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL BECAUSE OUR FUTURE DEPENDS ON THIS
MONEY,ALL THE VITAL DOCUMENTS COVERING THE DEPOSIT IN THE SECURITY
COMPANY ARE WITH ME HERE IN DAKAR SENEGAL AND WILL BE FAX TO YOU ON
DEMAND.I WILL LIKE TO HAVE YOUR FULL CONTACT NAME PHONE AND FAX.

I WISH YOU SEND ME A REPLY IMMEDITELY AS SOON AS YOU RECIEVE THIS
PROPOSAL THROUGH MY PRIVATE EMAIL BOX:JOESANKHO3@EXCITE.COM.

LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU.

BEST REGARDS.
JOE SANKHO
THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU.

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