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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 KELVIN KWAMI" <mrkelvinkwami6@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrkelvinkwami@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:41:52 +0000
Subject: READ AND REPLY

DEAR SIR

KINDLY ALLOW ME THE MODESTY OF INTRODUCING MYSELF. I AM KELVIN KWAMI MENSAL
, SON OF MY BELOVED LATE FATHER JOSEPH MENSAL , MINISTER OF DIAMOND MINING
CO-OPERATION IN SIERRE LEONE, AFRICA. I DO NOT WANT TO BURDEN YOU WITH THE
TROUBLES OF MY COUNTRY, BUT THE SITUATION IS DESPERATE FOLLOWING THE RECENT
WAR.

I AM WRITING YOU IN THE STRICTEST CONFIDENCE TO ASK YOUR HELP WITH A FAMILY
SECRET TREASURE LEFT TO ME BY MY KIND FATHER., MR. JOSEPH SANKOH, WHO WAS
WAS KILLED DURING THE RECENT WAR IN MY COUNTRY. MY SISTER WAS SHOT IN THE
LEG AND SHE ALSO DIED. I AM NOW IN A REFUGEE CAMP IN GHANA AND AM SUFFERING
WITH NOTHING.

HOWEVER BEFORE MY FATHER DIED HE TOLD ME A SECRET ABOUT A $15 MILLION FAMILY
TREASURE HE LEFT WITH A SECURITY AGENT IN GHANA WEST AFRICA. HE DID NOT TELL
THE SECURITY AGENT THE CONTENTS OF THE BOX, DECLARING ONLY PERSONAL EFFECTS
WHICH HE EXPECTED TO STORE JUST A SHORT TIME BUT HE DIED. I CANNOT GET THE
MONEY NOW AND ONLY HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT (CD). IF I OPEN THE BOX,
THE SECURITY AGENT WILL SEE THE MONEY AND I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET IT.

I NEED YOU HELP AND IF YOU KINDLY AGREE I AM WILLING TO GIVE YOU $1.5
MILLION SHARE OF THE TREASURE FOR HELPING WITH THE SECURITY AGENT AND AS A
BUSINESS EXPERT FOR INVESTMENT. MY FATHER BEFORE HE DIED TOLD ME NOT TO
INVEST THE MONEY IN AFRICA BECAUSE IT IS NOT SAFE DUE TPO UNSTABLE POLITICAL
SITUATION. I WOULD LIKE TO BUY A HOUSE IN YOUR COUNTRY AND I HOPE YOU CAN
HELP ME.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO MY PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR PRIVATE
TELEPHONE NUMBER AND I WILL CALL TO EXPLAIN THE DETAILS. THANK YOU IN
ADVANCE FOR YOUR HELP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCERN TO MY PROBLEM.


MR KELVIN KWAMI MENSAL

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