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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • jameskodjogh@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "james kodjo" <jameskodjo20@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jameskodjogh@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:12:15 -0600
Subject: PROPOSAL

Dear Sir/Ma

We are a consulting firm based in Accra the capital city of Ghana.Our main
objective and area of specialization is to help goverments in West Africa
sub-region to revamp & re-activate ailing goverment owned parastatals
performing below average to bounce back into full recovery.

We source for investors on behalf of governments and also reach out to
suppliers to provide the needed equipments and services and technical
manpower for goverment agencies on operator tender contracts.

We do this on commission basis payable after contracts are successfully
signed,awarded and fully paid for.
NOTE : The followings are currently available contracts to be awarded to
prospective suppiers in the agricultural sector and energy :

(a) supply of tractors,harvesters,insectcides and fertilizers

(b) power generators,computers and air planes

Interested parties should contact us via email at :jameskodjogh@yahoo.com

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