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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)
  • "million 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)
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: Barrmoses Mensa <barrmoses_m@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: barristermosesmensa@instruction.com
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:26:30 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: YOUR URGENT REPLY NEEDED.


FROM BARR MOSES MENSA & ASSOCIATES
SENIOR ADVOCAT, ACCAR GHANA
(LEGAL PRACTITIONALS AND NOTARY PUBLIC IN THE REPULIC OF GHANA).REGISTERED WITH GHANA.BAR ASSOCIATION
REGULATED BY THE LAW SOCIETY OF GHANA.
LAW OFFICE
P.O. BOX AN 16843
ACCAR-NORTH
GHANA, WEST AFRICA.
REPLY:barristermosesmensa@instruction.com

Dear Friend,

Having obtained your contact from the internet that you deserve trust, coupled with my deep interest to invest in your country, I decided to contact and solicit your mutual assistance at all cost. I am Barrister MOSES MENSA (Solicitor and a Senior Advocate of the supreme court of Ghana).I am the Personal Attorney to Eng .JOSEPH. F. GRILLO foreigner and he is the Manager Of petrol chemical service, a chemical engineer by Profession. He died in world trade center as a victim of the September 11,2001 Incident that befall the United State of America, the bank has made series of efforts to contact any of the relatives to claim this money but without success, you can confirm through this. Website:

www.september11victims.com/september11Victims/VictimInfo.asp?ID=1260.

I now decided to make this business proposal to you as his personal attorney so that the bank can release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and I don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill.

have contacted you to assist me ,in repatriating most especially, the money left behind by my late client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this deposit is lodged, valued at 15.5 million dollars, which has issued me a notice to provide the Next of kin to my late client, or have the account confiscated. Since there is a government gazette/circular mandating/authorizing banks to place on hold or freeze any account containing huge sums of money that has been unserviceable for a reasonable period of time. This is geared towards forestalling capital flight from the economy.

The banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after ten years, the money will be transferred into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill I therefore agree that 40% of this money will be for you as foreigner partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 50% would be for me. There after I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentages indicated. Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged.
I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer. You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter. Trusting to hear from you immediately
To actualize this arrangement, from your side as a partner I will require the following details:-
YOU’RE NAME IN FULL.
YOU’RE ADDRESS IN FULL.
YOUR MOBILE NUMBER.
AGE.
MARITAL STATUS AND NATURE OF JOB.
Email: ADDRESS
Awaiting your urgent reply.
Thanks,
Barrister Moses Mensa


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