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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)
  • "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)
  • ",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)
  • "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.
  • john0nana@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR JOHN" <johnnana0018@gmail.com>
Reply-To: john0nana@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 15:31:25 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY


Dear. My name is JOHN NANA, a Ghanaian National. I work as an administrative
Secretary with West Coast Security Ltd in Accra for the past 10 years. I
contacted you, believing that by the grace of God you will accept to be my
partner in business. Within this period, I have watched with meticulous
precision how African Head of States and Government functionaries have been
using West Coast Security to move sums of money USD ($), pound
Sterling,French France- (Cash) to their foreign partners.

They bring in this consignment of money cash and secretly declare the
content as jeweleries,gold,diamond, precious stones,family
treasure,document's etc. The late General Sani Abacha of Nigeria, the late
Mobutu Seseko of Zaire,Foday Sanko of Sierra-Leone, Babangida of Nigeria,The
late Henry Konan Bedie of Ivory Coast etc. this entire people had channel
various cash in the name of merchandise through West coast Security to
different foreign partner in most countries of the world more especially,
Switzerland,Columbia,Fuji Islands etc .

Their foreign partners, friends and relatives are now claiming most of this
consignment. A lot of them still lying here unclaimed for the past 8
years.No body except the depositors, which of cause most of them are dead .
However, since the inception of the 2000-millennium, West Coast Company
management had changed the procedure of claims. As soon as you are able to
produce all the secret information as contained in the secret file of any
merchandise, it will be released to you upon demand. From our record, more
than 18 consignment belonging to the Late Gen.Sani Abacha,the late Mobutu
Seseko, has been claimed in the past one year. This is why i am soliciting
for your co-operation and assistance. The late Gen.Sani Abacha has 6
consignment deposited with several names and codes.4 have been claimed in
the past three year. His first son died in a plane crash, the second son is
facing trial and Embezzlement and who is now released still under house
arrest too. I have implemented clean arrangement to enable us claim
consignment #4047sk containing US$130,000,000 (One hundred and thirty
million Dollars), and consignment #1999 containing US$ 50,000,000 million
dollars. My duty is to supply you with all the necessary codes,
information and documents of this deal from the company probity department.

I will officially see to it that the Director of Operation West Coast Ltd.
release the merchandise # 4047Sk They will demand some documents and secret
codes. Call me and I will supply you with every detailed information that
you will fax to them. As soon as such information is confirmed correct, they
might invite you for total claims. If you do not want to come to Accra, you
can arrange with them to transfer the consignment to any where on agreement.
Nobody should know that I am involved in this deal as a staff of this
company. I will suggest that upon conclusion, we share 50-50. I assure you
that this transaction is 100 % Risk Free. The only thing is that trust
should be the key to our success.
here is my privet email john0nana@yahoo.com

Tel:233-247610915. God Bless you.
JOHN NANA.

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