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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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Fraud email example:

From: "MR WILLIAMS MENSAH" <wmensah1935@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: williams_mensah111@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 22:04:35 -0500
Subject: ASSISTANCE NEEDED PLEASE

Dear Sir/Madam,
First i am Mr Williams Mensah, a Ghanaian origin, a coordinator contract
award and re-view committee (iam the head of the committee). our main
responsibilities/work is to award, re-view all government contract projects
to cooperate individuals or organizations.The only source we can benefit
from this contract project is over invoicing the prices, apart from our
monthly salary.this is to tell you clear the source of this fund (over
quatation from contract projects).since two years ago, i was able to save
and come with this amount, two million five hundred thousand dollars, which
was deposited in one of the bank, in account called escrow account.

Now that main reason why i contacted you is to received this fund on my
behalf, because;(A.) We are not allow to operate on foreign account transfer
transactions,while in service.(B.)We cannot establish foreign project while
on duty post, unless after our resignation or retirement from government
service or after re-tirements.So what i want you to do is, i will release
the contact of the bank, including the account in formations, for you to
contact the bank directly for the release and transfer of the money into
your own bank account.After your reply, i write an application letter, and
send it to you, to forward it to the bank address which i will give you,
very simple, there is no risk or problem in this, i assured you, so many
people who was working here as the head of this organization has done this
and some resigned, some re-tire.I will be ready to send you my international
passport and my working identity card through email attachment for
identification, as soon as i hear from you.

Note for your effort in this, you will have eight hundred thousand dollars
as your benefit as soon as you confirmed that the money is in your account,
if bank approved the application, it will take less than eight working days
to concluded this.
Note, that you will not let any bank officials here know that i am the one
given you these information, as soon as you received this money, i will get
resigns.

Thank you for understanding


Mr Williams Mensah
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
No GHD 5654 ROMA-HILLS
ESTATE KUMASI
GHANA.
Tel:233-244-087573

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