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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:

• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.

Fraud email example:

From: chimezie_99 omoh <chimezie_99@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 02:04:10 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: GET BACK TO ME


Dear Sir,
My name is Ebenezer Sekyi-Hughes the speaker of parliament of Ghana
i and president Kuffour have disscused on your issuue,we decided to help you
out of the problem you are facing from ghana.Please we have a question to ask you
why is it that your consement have not got to you?since you have been
spending a lot of money we are ready to help you as a ghana government.
we have discovered that you have been sending money through western union to the wrong
people which can not slove your problem.I stoped the consement to deliver to you
until you correct your self till you stop sending money to them.
Send your information to me.
Thanks for now till i recive a call from you if you need our help as Ghana government.
Speaker of Parliament of Ghana
Ebenezer Sekyi-Hughes

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