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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: mic_annan2@zipmail.com.br
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 10:21:48 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CONCERNING=20OUR=20CLIENT=20=21=21?=


From; Mr. Michael Annan
International Commercial Bank,
Accra-Ghana.

Dear Friend,

I wish this very information will not come to you as a surprise. I am Mr.
Michael Annan, with International Commercial Bank with regional office in
Accra-Ghana. We had a foreign client and a businessman by profession, (
Mr.Bernard Poirier )who deposited the sum of US$7.5million (Seven Million
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) with our bank. Unfortunately,this
client was among the victims of EGYPTAIR FLIGHT NO.990 that crashed on the
31-10-1999 in U.S.A.[ http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/01/egypt.air.01/index.html].
But, since that year after the death of our client, we have not had anybody
that comes for the claim of this money as the second next of kin to our
client since his wife whom he made the next of kin was also involved in
the accident and dead too. A situation I have monitored closely with my
position in our bank.

Now, having monitored this deposit and managed it over the years before
and after his death, and hence nobody has showed up as the second next of
kin for the past years now, I have removed the file to my "private vault".
I now humbly solicit for your assistance in this issue. I wish to present
you as the second next of kin to this our client so as to claim out this
money, before it is remmited into the fedral account where other people
may aswell claim it directly without going to this lenght. I have taken
every necessary precautionary measures concerning this issue and arrangement
has been concluded by me in achieving this goal, provided you will follow
my instructions in the process. I am only waiting for your response to enable
me move the funds to your agreed safe account. This does not have any risk
provided you give me your assistance and support.

I therefore request you to confirm your interest by a return message and
I will furnish you with the full details and what to do concerning this
deal. What you stand to gain would be discussed and it is negotiable before
the deal commences.

Thank you in anticipation of your urgent response to my request stating
your wish in this deal.

Kind regards,

Mr.Michael Annan.
+233-27-505-4936.

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