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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: "James Nandeh" <jnandeh00@msn.com>
Reply-To: jnandeh@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 19:49:53 +0000
Subject: YOUR KIND ASSITANCE NEEDED

Dear Friend,
First of all may i use this opportunity to identify my self to you,i am
James Nandeh, the son of late Dr Maxwell Nandeh,from Nkono District
North of Sierra leone MY late father Dr Maxwell Nandeh before his death he
hold a very sensitive position in PRESIDENT TEJAN KABBAHS government in
SIERRA LEONE.My father has a bullet shot by the rebels west side boys on his
way to LUISA a border town between sierra leone and liberia,He was later
conveyed to abidjan LA-COTEDIOVRE for a medical treatmet wherein he later
died,in the hospital bed my father reveal and confide in me about one
metallic box ( consignment)deposit that he made with a security company in
accra ghana .containing ($21,000, 000.00) TWENTY ONE MILLION UNITED STATES
DOLLARS.

Nobody in the security company knows the real content of the metall box
becuase my father wisely declared them as art work and family tresures
from the national museum of monumet. since the death of my father the
rebel has held us hostage untill the recent intervention of the UNITED
NATION SECRECTARY GENERAL MR KOFI ANNAN whom secure a peace agrrement
with the rebels that led to our release All the refuggee move to the
GHANA concentrated refuggee camp,I am presently in the refuggee camp now
seeking for your help and assistance for you to come to my aid I
proprosed that you stand as my proxy person that is my late fathers foriegn
partner,so as to get the box that contain the fund out of the security
company, transfer it to you it into your foreign account oversea.

This transaction is now only known by you,myself and my old sick mother
Ms Elizabeth Nandeh,whom is now in with me in the camp waiting for the
time i get this fund out of the security company, the secrecy and
confidentiality should be mantained for the successfull transfer of this
fund. I will be handing over to you the original certificate of deposit
which the finance house gaved to my late father, these fund was deposited
with a secrect code not bearing any name or any person that means it will be
more easy for you to retrive.I withhold the secrect code for security
reasons as you show interest, the secrect code and the certificates of
deposit will be given to you upon your arrival and held a meeting with me
and my mother we can now proceed to the security company to retrive the
consignment for Transfer for investments in your country or any country of
your choice.

Best Regards.

James Nandeh.

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