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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: "BEN GANIYU ALIU" <oxygenn006@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: fox_sab@hotmail.cpm
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:50:06 +0000
Subject: BUSINESS MIND PERSONEL IS NEEDED


I do foresee the surprise this letter will bring to you as it comes from unknown person but be rest assures as it comes with best of intentions. How ever you address was courtesy of a business journal at the Ministry of WORK HOUSING and ENERGY in collaboration with Ministry of Presidential Special Initiatives Accra Ghana .But after due consideration I became aware and assured of your credibility of handling this trust and my hope. Thus after my humble decision to solicited for your understanding, and co-operation in this transaction as it will be beneficial to both of us involved. My name is Mr. Ben Ganiyu Aliu; I am 25years old and a Senior Supervisor Analyst at Ghana Geological Department. I have been in service with the company for 5 years and due to the poor standard of living and poor salary in Africa, especially my country Ghana I have decided to work out this transaction with you. There was a Gold deposited found in one of my recent research carry !
out for the past two years which I later confirm myself for a last two weeks. The GOLD deposit worth 1500 kilogram. As a senior supervisor handling such projects an as person looking forward for investors from oversea due to our poor standard of living in Africa I will most grateful if you will let transact this big life time offer together the benefit of both parties.

I have decided to hand over this transaction to a trusted person in oversea after which we shall all meet for sharing hence Gold price is very high now in oversea. I will like to have Documents of any person interested in this transaction
before the confirmation is made but the entire document needed by the me are a copy of passport scan to me Company’s valid company document indicating that the fellow have long experience in Gold business which will be sent to me for verification and confirmation before I can entrust the town in which the Gold deposit is located this is to avoid any person from fraudulent me of my long time research and hard work for a long period of years.

I will supply you the document for the immediate clarification to facilitate the immediate extraction of the Gold from its position before any other person have knowledge of it. For any important information which might be required by you please do not hesitate to contact me on this email address fox_sab@hotmail.com or you can call me on this number +233-242-130-637
Best Regard
Senior Supervisor Analyst
Ben Ganiyu Aliu

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