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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)
  • "million us dollars" (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)
  • "waiting for your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • godson_oghene207@yahoo.com
  • godson_oghene@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "godson oghene" <godsonoghene@latinmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:30:19 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Very Urgent


Contact me on... godson_oghene207@yahoo.com

DEAR, BROTHER/ SISTER IN CHRIST.

PERMIT US TO INFORM YOU THAT AFTER READING YOUR ADDRESS IN THE INTERNET I BECAME INTERESTED IN DISCLOSING EVERY THING ABOUT MYSELF TO YOU. I AM INTERESTED IN A LONG TERM BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU.
WE ARE LYDIA AND GODSON OGHENE THE CHILDREN OF FIRST WIFE OF LATE DR DAVID NTUBE OGHENE, FAMILY, THE FORMER CHIEF ACCOUNTANT TO THE SIERRA-LEONE DIAMOND COOPERATION IN KENAMA , WHO WAS ASSASSINATED BY THE RUF REBELS DURING HIS VISIT TO OUR VILLAGE ON APRIL 6 2002. UNFORTUNATELY OUR MOTHER MRS MARY OGHENE DIED OF HYPERTENSION ONE YEAR LATER IN OUR COUNTRY AND BEFORE THEN OUR MOTHER HAS ALREADY ADVISED ME AND MY YOUNGER SISTER LYDIA TO LOOK FOR A A FOREIGN PARTNER TO TRANSFER THIS FUND AND INVEST IT ABROAD. WE INHERITED A TOTAL SUM OF TWENTY MILLION US DOLLARS, AND 55 KILOGRAMMES OF 22 CARAT OF GOLD FROM MY LATE BELOVED FATHER AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO MY FAMILY.

THIS MONEY, WHICH IS DEPOSITED IN A SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN ACCRA GHANA UNDER A SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS AS DEPOSITED ON BEHALF OF A FOREIGN PARTNER.NOW THAT WE ARE IN ACCRA, AND VERIFIED THE DEPOSITED, WE NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE TO HELP US MOVE THIS FUND OUT FOR INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY AS WE CANNOT INVEST HERE DUE TO ITS NEARNESS TO OUR COUNTRY AND ALSO INSTABILITY IN THE ENTIRE REGION. WE ASK YOU TO SCOUT FOR A VALUABLE AND LUCRATIVE BUSINESS , SO THAT WE CAN INVEST WISELY. WE HAVE IN MIND TO GIVE YOU 20% OF THE TOTAL SUM OF US TWENTYMILLIONUS DOLLARS, AND 5 % FOR ANY EXPENSES, WHICH YOU WILL MAKE IN COURSE OF THIS TRANSACTION, FAX MESSAGES, PHONE CALLS. BY THIS MAIL YOU ARE NOW
REQUESTED TO ARRANGE ON HOW WE CAN MOVE THE FUND QUICK TO YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR INVESTMENT. THANKS GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
I AM WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.
BEST REGARDS
GODSON OGHENE

Reach me on....godson_oghene@yahoo.com or
call on 233 244 288 422


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