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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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• 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.
  • eric_mensah163@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "ericmensah Gazeta.pl" <ericmensah@gazeta.pl>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 17:59:52 +0100
Subject: From Eric


Dear,

I am optimistic to request for your consent in a mutual international
business relationship between you and i. My name is Eric Mensah from Ghana
republic,
I got your contact from the web while searching for investment opportunity.
I am a civil servant who realized $2.5 million Through the sale of our
allocated oil quota in OPEC from commission payouts throught my tenure as
the Head of Delegation to the World Bank in West Africa.

I want you to assist me in investing this fund in real estate and commercial
properties or any other profitable venture you are familiar with
since as a civil servant I cannot have such funds and the code of conduct
bureau forbids me to acquire such amount of money.

Upon your consent to this request i will send my
proposal and we will discuss in details. i will equally like to procure the
change of ownership or statutory declaration for fund legalisation from the
law court making you the original beneficiary of the fund,which i will send
to you.Thank you for giving me your time, am hoping for a friendly response.

please furnish me with your telephone number for me to explain through
phone, please reply me on my private email eric_mensah163@yahoo.com

Regards,

Eric Mensah

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