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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)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
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Fraud email example:

From: "Paul Kwame" <paul_data2006@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:25:56 +0100
Subject: GREETINGS AND AWAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU

Dear Friend,

With due respect to your person I kindly wish to ask for your attention and
consideration just for a while. My family and I are in dare need of
assistance. Our Late father, Who was the paramount ruler of our community
and also the crown king of our region, left behind a great deal of wealth
and treasure which most of our elder uncles and members of our family have
for the past months exploited upon without either of my younger sisters or I
benefiting.This has caused an untold hardship on us . But now, I am very
happy and glad that our family attorney just informed me in confidant that
my late father confined in him about certain security deposit he made, which
at the moment is in the custody of a security company. As you may know my
country (Ghana) is one of Africa's largest producers of "GOLD " and our
community has a lot of this resources too. As a normal procedure, all the
foreign mining company working in our community, are mandated by the law to
give a percentage of whatever Gold they mind to the community as a hold as
gratuity. Since my father was the community head , he collects it on behalf
of the community and later shares it among the families concerned and keeps
his. Out of the lot that he kept as his share during his last days on earth,
he kept some quantity of these resources "Gold dust " otherwise called
alluvial concentrate in the custody of a security company for safekeeping .
Only for his untimely death. So this is the only opportunity for us to claim
this treasure and hand it over to someone who will help us invest this
treasure to enable us secure our feature. If you will or can help us invest
this product Golg dust, 750KG . please urgently let us know , so that I can
give you further details. I do not have a telephone at the moment , but hope
to get one soon , so I would appreciate if you contact me via e-mail for the
mean time, but I can call you if you want me to.
Awaiting your kind and anticipated consideration and co-operation.

Yours truly

Paul Kwame

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