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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: "james" <jlee627@excite.com>
Reply-To: jowusu627@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 04:28:06 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Urgent supply enquiry










Dear Friend,I am Mr.James L. Owusu ,which is located at Plot No. Plot 15 Nkrumah Avenue, Kumasi, Ghana, I want to use this opportunity to let you know that we are accredited commission agent to the Government of Ghana on contract allocation to foreign Companies around the Globe.The Government of Ghana received a Loan of USD120 Million from INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (IDA) for rural developments and some part of the Money has been budgetted for the supply of the following products to the related Ministries here in GhanaThe products needed urgently are as stated below:1 Lawn Mowers (Ministry of Agriculture)2 Condom (Ministry of Health)3 T-shirts/Umbrellas (Ministry of Interior)4 Stationeries (Ministry of Education)5 Medical products (Ministry of Health)6 Fertilizers (Ministry of Agriculture)7 Animal feed/Fishing Equipment(Ministry of agricultur)8 Building Materials, Tiles, Marbles and Cement ( Ministry of Housing)This tender is open to all reputable companies from
different parts of the world and I am going to act as your local agent on commission basis.Please, if this interests you, kindly reply back to me so that I can give you every details of this project and how we are going to participate in this Bid.Mr James l.OwusuPlot 15 Nkrumah Avenue,Kumasi,Accra Ghana.



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