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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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Williams Ebuka Mr.Williams Ebuka" <williams_ebuka14@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:33:49 -0800 (PST)
Subject: AN URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL.


ACCRA SECURITY AND FINANCE COMPANY.
PLOT 115/120, ACCRA GHANA,
ATTN: SIR

AN URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL.

I AM PLEASED TO GET ACROSS TO YOU FOR A VERY
PROFITABLE BUSINESS PROPOSAL,THOUGH I DON?T KNOW YOU
NEITHER HAVE I SEEN YOU BEFORE BUT I GOT YOUR CONTACT
THROUGH MY PRIVATE SEARCH. I AM THE MANAGER OF ACCRA SECURITY & FINANCE COMPANY.

THE INTENDED BUSINESS IS THUS, WE HAD A CUSTOMER, A
FOREIGNER FRENCH BUSINESS MAN, RESIDENT IN GHANA. HE
WAS A CONTRACTOR WITH ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT
PARASTATERS HE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF US$ 30MILLION
(THIRTY MILLION US. DOLLARS)IN OUR SECURITY VOULT FOR
SAFE KEEPING. UNFORTUNATELY, THE MAN DIED FIVE YEARS
AGO UNTIL TODAY NON OF HIS NEXT OF KINS HAS COME
FORWARD TO CLAIM THE MONEY.

HAVING NOTICED THIS I, IN COLLABORATION WITH ONE OTHER
TOP OFFICIALS OF THE SECURITY VOULT HAVE COVERED HIS
FILE ALL THIS WHILE.NOW WE WANT YOU (BEING A
FOREIGNER) TO BE FRONTED AS ONE OF HIS NEXT OF KIN AND
FORWARD YOUR ACCOUNT AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS TO
BE ADVISED TO YOU BY US TO ATTEST TO THE CLAIM. WE
WILL USE OUR POSITIONS TO GET ALL INTERNAL DOCUMENTS
TO BACK UP THE CLAIMS. THE WHOLE PROCEDURES WILL LAST
ONLY TEN WORKING DAYS TO GET THE FUND RETRIEVED
SUCCESSFULLY WITHOUT TRACE EVEN IN FUTURE.YOUR
RESPONSE IS ONLY WHAT WE ARE WAITING FOR AS WE HAVE
ARRANGED ALL NECESSARY THINGS. AS SOON AS THIS MESSAGE
COMES TO YOU, KINDLY GET BACK TO ME INDICATING YOUR
INTEREST. THEN I WILL FURNISH TO YOU WITH THE WHOLE
PROCEDURES TO ENSURE THAT THE DEAL IS SUCCESSFULLY
CONCLUDED.

FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE WE HAVE AGREED TO GIVE YOU 30% OF
THE TOTAL SUM AT THE END OF THE TRANSACTION. IT IS
RISK FREE AND A BIG FORTUNE FOR BOTH OF US.WITH YOUR
MAXIMUM CO-OPERATION, THIS TRANSACTION IS NOT EXPECTED
TO LAST FOR MORE THAN 10 WORKING DAYS. ALL
CORRESPONDENCE TOWARDS THIS TRANSACTION WILL BE
THROUGH TELEPHONE AND FAX AND E-MAIL.PLEASE REPLY
THROUGH THIS E-MAIL OR YOU CAN CALL ME ON MY PHONE
NUMBER 00-233-2422-37191.

I AWAIT YOUR EARLIEST RESPONSE.

MR WILLIAMS EBUKA.

(I AM THE MANAGER OF ACCRA SECURITY & FINANCE COMPANY.)


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