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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
  • "sani abacha" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • danielshutuedward200@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • danielshutuedward2008@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Danielshutu Edward <danielshutuedward200@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: DanielshutuEdward2008@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 05:52:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM DANIEL SHUTU EDWARD.


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: danielshutuedward200@yahoo.com

FROM DANIEL SHUTU EDWARD.

- FROM :DANIEL SHUTU EDWARD,GLOBAL SAFETY HOUSE AND SECURITY SERVICES LIMITED ACCRA, GHANA Dear Sir, I do hope this letter will not come to you as a surprise. It was borne out of my desire to share a mutual busines relationship with you. My name is DANIEL EDWARD, 48yrs, Ghanaian National. I work as the Director of Claims at the GHANA SAFETY HOUSE AND COMPANY LTD here in ACCRA-GHANA. I got the information concerning you from the Ghana Chamber of Commerce, then i decided to contact you believing that , you will accept to be my partner in this business. Within this period, I have Watched with meticulous precision how African heads of states and Government functionaries have been using GHANA SAFETY HOUSE SECURITIES to move huge sums of money USD, pound Sterling, French franc- ,Euro (Cash) to their foreign partners. They bring in these consignments of money cash and secretly declare the contents as Jewelries, Gold, Diamond, and precious Stones, Family Treasure, Documents etc. Late Gen. Sani Abacha of Nigeria , Late Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire , Laurent Kabila of Congo Democratic Republic , Foday Sankoy of Sierra-Leone. Gen.. Ibrahim Babangida of Nigeria,the immediate past president of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo etc. All these people have hundreds of consignment deposited with GHANA SAFETY HOUSE SECURITIES GHANA. Their foreign partners, friends and relatives are claiming most of this consignments. A lot of them are lying here unclaimed for the past ten years. No body may ever come for them because in most cases, the certificate of deposit are never available to any body except the depositors, most of them now dead. Sometime last year (2007), GHANA SAFETY HOUSE SECURITIES MANAGEMENT CHANGED the procedure of claims of consignments. As soon as you are able to produce the secret information as contained in the secret file of any consignment, it will be released to you upon demand. From our record more than 120 consignments belonging to Gen. Abacha /Mobutu Sese Seko, have been claimed in the past six months. This is why I am soliciting for your co-operation and assistance. Gen Abacha has 85 consignments deposited with several name and codes. Six have been claimed in the past six months.. Since he died, his first son also died in a plane crash, the second son is facing trial for murder and embezzlement, and the family members are under house arrest without communication. I have finished every arrangement for you to come and claim consignment tag No.1202BX containing US$ 8,000,000.00 and consignment tag 10.1203BZ containing US$ 12,000,000..00. My duty is to supply you with all the required information and documents by e-mail phone and fax .You will deal directly with the management. The procedure is simple –You will apply officially to the Director of operations of GHANA SAFETY HOUSE AND SECURITIES, via the following security lines i will make avialable to you upon hearing from you,for the release of consignment No: 1202BX, and No: 1203BZ. They will demand some documents and secret codes. Call me I'll supply you with every detailed information and you will fax it to them. As soon as they confirm it to be correct. The will invite you for the collection if you do not want to come to Accra, you can arrange with them to transfer the consignment to anywhere on agreement. No body will ever know, I am the only person involved in the deal except the Lawyer who will write an agreement for us. I'll suggest upon conclusion we share the cash 50-50. At the successful conclusion of the deal, you will arrange for me and my family to come over to your country. I assure you that the businesses have been hatched for years now, it is very secured and 100% risk free. Contact me immediately on my private E-mail address danielshutuedward2008@gmail.com AND DIRECT TELEPHONE NO.233 247 037 867 OR 233 271 350 267 For further explanation and directive on the procedure. God Bless You. DANEIL S. EDWARD.

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