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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: Michael Cummings <michcums2007@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: michcums@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:12:12 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: request for your kind attention from michael


Sir,

I am an orphan, a 19 year old mister Michael Nana Yana.My late father was the paramount king of my region who died few years ago.

Our family is polygamous and my mother is the first wife of my late father. My father made WILLS and it has been declared by the family lawyer. I inherited about 50kilos of gold dust which came as royalty to my late king father and reasonable sum of money.

Since the declaration, the other wives of my late father and his children have made several attempts to kill me so that they will inherit my portion as I was given, as tradition demands, half of the wealth of my late father should be my inheritance as the apparent heir which made the rest of the family to hate me . Because of their attempts to kill me, I am hiding in a remote area in Accra In pastors a house.

For my dear safety, I will like you to assist me relocate to your base, sale the good dust or look for buyer and receive the money also as well as if acceptable by you, adopt me as your family member. My mother as I was told died few months after she was operated to deliver me. I died not know my mother. If the offer is acceptable to you, kindly let me know to furnish you more.

This is a cry of an orphan which needs urgent attention.
Yours faithfully,
Michael




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