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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)
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk boxes" (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)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "patrick sankoh" <sankoh4god@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 20:07:00 +0000
Subject: yours patrick


DEAR OLINDA SCHERZER.
Good Evening.
How are you today?and your families, I hope everybody is okay.
Thanks very much for your urgent relpy to me again,and all the content was
will recevie and understood.

Dear olind scherzer, we need your tetephone and fax numbers,so that I will
sand the deposit certifieate and agreement that my father made with the
standard security company on the day he deposited my two trunk boxes
consiginment,and also if you preper and be readly to come down here in Accra
Ghana west Africa to meet us,then I will ask the security company to help us
and get a vsit for your comeing down to meet us.

Have in mind that I and momo has finally decided to give you 25%from the
total sun for your fully assistance and also has map out 5%for any expeances
both local and international including taxes and Vat to the Govenmant to
make everything easy.

Dear olind scherzer,please you have to forward your tetephone and fax
numbers to enable me sand you the lagel porseduers documents to you so that
we will start everything fast becouse our condation here in Africa is not
good for me and my momo.

Please note that this information is very very important for security
purpose,because this my consignment is my life future without it I will be
knowbody, so please I will like you to keep everything raegerding this
tarsaction between yourself,because people are bad.

Dear olind please I will like you to sand me and my momo your picture to
enable us to go thougth it and know who we are dealing future business
tarsaction with .

Waiting for your urgent reply will enable us know the next step to take over
again.

Thanks and God bless you.
Yours fathfully
Patrick sankoh.

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