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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" <jamesdu006@excite.com>
Reply-To: jamesdu004@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 06:57:14 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: DO ME THIS FAVOUR PLEASE






















Dear Friend,

I am Hon. James Duodu, a Ghanaian by origin, a coordinator contract award and re-view committee (i am the head of the committee). our main responsibilities/work is to award, re-view all government contract projects to cooperate individuals or organizations. The only source we can benefit from this contract project is over invoicing the prices, apart from our monthly salary.this is to tell you clear the source of this fund (over quotation from contract projects).

since two years ago, i was able to save and come with this amount, three million eight hundred thousand dollars($3.800 000), which was deposited in one of the bank, in account called escrow account.And, the main reason why i contacted you is to received this fund on my behalf, because;

(A.) We are not allow to operate on foreign account transfer transactions,while in service.

(B.)We can not establish foreign project while on duty post, unless after our resignation or retirement from government service or after re-tirements.

So what i want you to do is, i will release the contact of the bank, including the account informations, for you to contact the bank directly for the release and transfer of the money into your own bank account.

After your reply, i write an application letter, and send to you, to forward it to the bank address which i will give you, There is no risk or problem in this, i assured you, so many people who was working here as the head of this organization has done this and some resigned, some re-tired.I will be ready to send you my international passport and my working identity card through email attachment for identification, as soon as i hear from you.

And your effort on this, will be a commission of eight hundred thousand dollars($800 000) as your benefit as soon as you confirmed that the money is in your account,if bank approved the application, it will take less than seven working days to conclude this.

As soon as you received this money, i will get resign.you can also reach me with this my private email address below;

jamesdu006@yahoo.comThank you for understanding.James Duodu





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