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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "williams momougo" <w_momougo2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: will_momox@walla.com
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:40:15 -0500
Subject: HELLO DEAR

Dear Sir /Ma
Greetings
It is with mixed feelings that I communicate you through this medium as we
are seeking a faithful, sincere and reliable partner who will assist us in
investing our late father's fortune valued US$7, 745, 000.00.

This amount was originally deposited by our late father in a security
company and just before my father and two of my siblings were killed by
rebels in our family house in Sierra Leone, my father had successfully
lodged the money at Ghana Commercial Bank ,Accra, Ghana.
Myself and my Elder sister are the only survivors of our family. We have
successfully through the assistance of the foreign operations Director of
Ghana Commercial Bank ,Accra transferred the amount from their Unclaimed
Balances pool account to that of Private Bank in Monaco which is one of
their affiliate . We did this because a tax haven exists in Monaco as
we could not pay the huge taxes required by Ghana Commercial Bank for the
release of the money to us.We are presently at the Bujumbra refugee camp in
Accra at moment.

I am therefore seeking your assistance to stand-in for us as our late
Father's business partner and Trustee, to claim this money from the offshore
bank in Monaco as the beneficiary. You will also be required to assist us in
investing our own part of the money into viable business ventures and
arrange on how best we can join you in your country. We are offering you 25%
of the total funds as a reward for your time and effort.

Ghana Commercial Bank has already nominated a fiduciary agent in Monaco who
will act as a Financial adviser and mediator between you and the Monaco bank
and to assist us in obtaining the relevant documents required by the bank
for the release of the funds to you.
Please note that you stand no risk at all in assisting us to conclude this
transaction because the money is legitimately our family fortune and no Tax
payment is involed. As soon as I hear from you stating your Full Names,
Home Address, and Telephone Number, we will proceed on this matter.


Best Regards
williams momougo

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