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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)
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: ibrahim ahmed <ibrahimahmed2101@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:34:42 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Humble Assistance


Humble Assistance
Assylum Camp Ghana
Tel.+233.243.944.292

Dear friend,

This letter is not intended to cause you any embaracement in any form rather is from an orphan in need of help.My name is Mr Ibrahim Ahmed the only child of Mr and Mrs Ahmed Koromah of zimbabwe.I got your contact through chembers of commerce here in my serch looking for reliable persons who can assist me.
During the last war in my country our president Robert Mogabe to claim all the white farmers that did not support him.my farther was the best farmer in my country because he did not support mogabe's idea and his followers. they invended his farm,killed my parents,and bornt every thing in his farm.
Befour the death of my father he has deposited with one security company in the republic of Ghana the sum of fiften million dollers($15.m)usd which is one trunk box.it is in this regard i came to Accra Ghana to look for who will assist me to provide a foreign account where i can pay in this money and put it into investment.Because as an assylum seeker am not allowed to operate any bank transaction.
All i want from you is to prvide me with your personal tel./fax number for easy communication,give me your full name for the prepare of legal documents note that this transaction is 100% risk free and absolutry
confidencial.Expecting your response at my yahoo id.
Thanks and God bless you
Prince Ibrahim Ahmed.




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