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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)
  • "the consignment " (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)
  • "million united states 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)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: alfred olds <alfredods003@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: alfred_olds1@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 06:10:53 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Hello dear


Hello dear,

Your assistance is needed.

We need your help. I know you will be surprised to receive this mail. I am Alfred Olds. The son of Late Martin Olds who died as a result of the revolt and campaign of calamity visited on white farmers in Zimbabwe. This is because of his upright stand that the government forcefully took over of farms from the investors all in the name of land reforms was absurd and inhuman, he was viewed as an enemy and eventually murdered.

Ever since then, my mother and I has been in Zambia on asylum because of the government in Zimbabwe has been hunting us. Before my father's death, he had deposited the sum of Twelve million American dollars with a security company in Ghana with the sole aim of acquiring some dredging equipments in setting up of a dredging firm with his partner. With his death and all his assets seized at home and accounts frozen, the family is now in a very difficult situation.

See more of the story at the site bellow:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/719578.stm

Based on that, we are soliciting your assistance to help us to receive this consignment as our family trustee. The amount involve is Twelve Million united states dollars ($12Million). This consignment was moved to the United States to be claimed by my father's partner alone and it got to our notice through the director of the security company that the consignment has been moved to the United States by the request of my late father's partner.

We cannot trust my father’s partner because since the death of my father he never cared for us even my sick mother, only interested in our money and for you to believe he wanted the money to himself, he did not inform us that he was taking the consignment to the United States. This is the situation we find ourselves and that is why we have contacted you to help us stand as our family trustee to claim this consignment over there in America and help us to come over there and start a new life.

We came to Ghana after we got the news from the director of the company. Now, we have stopped the release of the consignment to him. The consignment is still in the United States and we want a trustworthy person to help us receive our consignment and we are ready to compensate you with part of the money for your help as we are in a very tight situation.
Again, the mining land that was bought by my father here in Accra Ghana long ago before he died is about to be claimed by this partner without our notice, but we have all the documents with us so we have also stoped his intention, we want to put the land on sale but locating a good buyer is now a problem, also in the security company over here, deposited by my late father are precious items worth of Gold 240kg, and Diamond that is still here in a security company in Ghana. so we shall need your assistance to continue with life after we must have retrieve all that we have.

But i want to let you know that we will make some expenses in this transaction, which is among the reasons we need your assistance, but at the end of the transaction when you must have recieved our consignment, all expenses made will be taking care off.
We will be glad if you respond to this call soonest.

Regards,
Alfred Olds,
For the family.
Hello dear,




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