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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "huge amount of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "sani abacha" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • ggeorgegh11@yahoo.com.hk

Fraud email example:

From: =?big5?q?george=20owusu?= <georgegh11@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: georgoww44@yahoo.co.in
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 06:15:24 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: hello my dear,


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Attn: Director/C.E.O

My name is Mr. George Owusu from federal republic of GHANA IN AFRICA.

I¡¦m the director of STANDARD SECURITY AND SERVICES LIMITED ACCRA GHANA.I contacted you to assist me move my FUND out of here to your personal or company¡¦s bank account for investment believing that by the grace of God that you will not disappoint in future over this deal. I have been working with this security company for years now.

Within this period I have watched with meticulous precision how Africa heads of states and government functionaries have been using STANDARD SECURITY AND SERVICES LIMITED here in ACCRA GHANA to move huge amount of money USD, POUNDS, STERLING and FRENCH FRANCS in cash to their foreign partners. They bring in these CONSIGNMENTS of cash and secretly declare the contents to us as jewelries, gold, diamonds, precious stones,family treasures and vital documents. GENERAL SANI ABACHA OF NIGERIA (DEAD),MOBUTU SESE SECO OF ZIARE (DEAD),FODE SANKOY OF SIERRA LEONE, GENERAL BABANGIDA OF NIGERIA, FELIX HOUPHET BOIGNY OF COTE D'IVORE (DEAD,KANAN BEDIE OF COTE D' IVORE (ABIDJAN)etc.All these peoples have more than hundred consignments deposited with our company.Their foreign partners and relatives are claiming most of them and a lot of the consignments are still lying here in our company unclaimed for as much as eighty years.

Nobody will ever come for them because in most cases the certificate of deposit are never available to anybody expect the depositors hence most of them are dead I have moved some of the consignments to our office in Holland and London.Since the inception of the year 2000 our company management has changed the procedure of claims of consignment, As soon as you are able to produce the secret information as contained in the secret file of any consignment it will be released to you upon demand.From our record more than 160 consignments belonging to GENERAL SANI ABACHA and MOBUTU SESE SECO has been claimed in the past six months and this is why am soliciting for your maximum co-operation and assistance to claim one the boxes .GENERAL SANI ABACHA has 160 consignments deposited with different names and codes, 64 have been claimed past six months. The first son of GENERAL SANI ABACHA died in plane crash and the second one MOHAMED is facing a murder charge.I have finalized every arrangement for YOU to claim one the CONSIGNMENTS with No:,1401 contained $15 million us dollars. I will supply you all the information about the consignment and all the documents which you will use to claim it easily. You will only send an email to our security company management request for the consignment, then I as the Director I will complete all the underground arrangement to make sure the consignment to you.

The procedure is very simple and easy, I will send you the documents for the consignment and you will send it back to our company management by email attachment. And apply officially to the Director of foreign operations of the company requesting for the release of your consignment with No:, 1401. He will demand for your CERTIFICATE of DEPOSIT and you¡¦re SECRET CODE and the reference code of your consignment. I will supply them to you and the company management will approve you to become the new beneficiary of the consignment. My dear I assured that no risk is involved since I am working with the company for years I have all the particulars of every consignment and I will never make a single mistake.After the claim is done both of us will share the total money 50 ¡V 50. Please feel free to ask questions if you have any.

Best Regards,George Owusu

- george owusu

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