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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:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Kelvin Momougo <kelvin.momougo@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:38:29 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Thank you for your mail.


Dear VICTIMNAME VICTIMNAME,

In regard to your mail,i will need you phone number so that will can talk on phone here is my phone number 00233209038830 i will like you to call me.

I wish to let you know that the arrangement of investing the funds is a good plan which you have for the family, but the idea of moving the money out of West Africa Ghana is not going to be easy for my mother and I, this is what we should let you know now.

But my mother and I knows with your present here in Ghana every transaction will go smoothly if only you are here with us, presently
the money is still in a Security Company as I told you before so when you are here we all go to the Security Company together and removed the consignment from the Company where my late Father and I deposited the money without not telling the Company work the real content of the consignment deposited with them.

Therefore we will glad to hear from you of your coming to Ghana for our rescure because we cant handle it our own here due to the amount of money involve, so please my mother and I are inviting you to come to Ghana and meet with us face to face and you will be
happy to see the family.

but your coming will make things easy for us as i said by taken it from the company when you are here in Ghana, by doing this is when you are into a Hotel we will take the consignment to your Hotel Room and you will see everything your self from there we then can know the next step to take.

Thanks for the understanding; I am waiting to hear
from you soon.

Yours Faithfully

Klevin Momougo.

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