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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "trunk box" (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)
  • "trunk boxes" (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)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Andy Johnson <andyjohnsongh17@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <andyjohnsongh0@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:38:24 +0000
Subject: YOUR COOPERATION!!



Dear friend,

Greetings to you and peace be unto you.

I
write to solicit your support because I know you can help me and
hopefully you will. This decision took me time to take but I was left
with no other option than to let loose the cat and seek assistance. I
cannot force you to do it against your wish anyway but I know you will
consider it as a man of integrity and passion for helping others you
will consider my situation and see what you can do to help me genuinely.

I am Andy Johnson, a 32 year old man from The Republic of Ghana.
I know my country will not need much introduction to you as we have
been doing well at the international stage in world football and our
president is the chairman of the African Union. My parents lived and
brought me up alongside my younger sister in the Republic of Liberia
where there has been war for almost 20 years now. I am a living
testimony as I managed to survive alongside my kid sister who is under
my care now since our parents died during the war in Liberia. We are now back in Ghana our mother land. My father was a DIAMOND MERCHANT as you will know that Liberia
is blessed with Diamond resources in abundance but which the former
leader President Charles Taylor used against the nation and it's
populace.

When the government of Charles Taylor started tramping on all Diamond Merchants, my father told me he made a trip to Ghana
where he deposited raw DIAMOND and some money with a Security and
Insurance company as safe keep for the family. He registered it as
family treasure. He informed me that the Diamond deposit was valued at
USD$16.4m and the cash inside the two trunk boxes is USD$4.3m. He told
me where to get the documents to the deposits as he made me the next of
kin on the deposit which he made on behalf of our family. I have all
the documents with me now.

I want to relocate from Ghana
so and to settle down and invest this treasure wisely and train my
sister in school. I know I need someone with sound business and
financial knowledge to assist me facilitate the retrieval of the
consignment from the company and take delivery in your country. You
will also assist my sister and I in securing the right type of visas
into your country where we will settle down and invest under your guide
and supervision.

I have agreed with my sister to give you 25% of
the total value of this deposit if you assist us and we will be into
joint business with you while we supply the business capital. Your
service will be of great advantage when we are getting required papers
to settle down and do business while my sister goes to school.

All
I need from you is your readiness to assist me and your valuable advise
is welcome. Please consider my plight as well as my sister's because
all we do now is hawk on the street and beg before we can even eat. The
deposit is not accessible to us until we chose a guardian/partner who
will be competent to help us manage the inheritance (according to my
dad's agreement with the security company. We have a treasure in this
country and we suffer like paupers. All we need is your consent and
readiness to receive the deposit on our behalf.

Please let me
have your reply as well as your telephone contact immediately so that
we can get this transaction done once and for all and promptly. You may
help us as a person or as an organization if you have or work for a
company who will assist us.

I am counting on you.

Thanks in advance.

Andy Johnson
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