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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:
  • "dear friend" (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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Clem Ihama" <ceeservices@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: clemihama@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:05:36 +0400
Subject: Investment Offer

Dear Friend,
I am a refugees from the sierra leon Crises in the Diablo region 10 years of conflicts, more than 1/2 a million dead, 2 million forced to flee their homes.
I am Clem Ihama,the son of the late governor in sierra leon. now a refugee in Ghana the country of the United Nations Secretary General Dr.Kofi Annan.
After much atrocities ,human right abuses and the overthrow of the government of my father by the rebels in sierra leon.
My father was killed in the process so we have to find our way out of sierra loen to Ghana.
During my father's term in office he had a foriegn partner who deposited in his name and coded numbers in Ghana,cash and gold in secret vaults.Valued at a total amount of US$17.5Million dollars.
Due to the present situation in our family,I want you to act as my father's foreign
partner to come and assist me claim these Consignment from the Trust Security company.
Because I cannot act as the foriegn partner to lay cliams to those Trunk Boxes.
It will interest you to note that all relevants documents relating to this cliams are with my mother and she is ready to hand them over to you once you indicate your interest to help us out of our present predicament.
After the claim of the consigment you will help me to travel to your country where we will invest the money in a profitable business venture that will be headed by your goodself. Kindly reply this message to enable us start processing of the claims, you are free to ask any questions with regard to this transaction.


Thanks.
Clemi Ihama.

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