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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "sani abacha" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: "Nana kufor" <nanakufor11@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 19:03:27 +0100
Subject: Very important.Pls reply.


Nana Kufor
#30 Nkrumah Drive
Upper Region,Accra
Ghana

Dear Friend,
I think it wise writing you at this moment of the day.
I am Mr. Nana Kufor,a Ghanaian national.I work as a Records Manager with
Priest Securities and Services Ghana Limited.I joined the services of this
company in 2001 till date.Within this period,I have watched with awe the
meticulous precision African Heads of States and Government functionaries
have been using pro-security and finance services to move huge sums of money
USD, Pound sterlings, French France(in Cash) overseas to their foreign
partners. They bring consignments(cases of cash) for safe keeping into our
firm & offices of related service providers falsely declaring the contents
of their cases as Jewelries, Gold,Diamond,Precious stones, family treasures,
documents etc. (Gen.Sani Abacha of Nigeria (dead), Mobutu SeseSeko of Zaire
(dead), Foday Sankoy ofSierra-Leone, Babangida of Nigeria, Obasanjo of
Nigeria, Felix Houphet Buiogny of Ivory Coast (dead), Konan Bedie of Ivory
Coast)All these & many more have several of such consignments(cases) still
deposited with our company.For your perusal,you can go through this website
and see more on how money is being moved out by Government officials:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6069230.stm.I have watched closely how
these dignitaries move these funds through our company & Agents to their
foreign partners in the name of family treasures & all such pretenses. And
nobody or very few people ever knows the true content of these cases & their
transportation abroad to be that of money & it's transfer(Cash).
Tacking stock of our records(holdings) last year I discovered that there is
a particular consignment which has been so long here without anyone coming
for nor claiming it.I've discovered the owner is dead and nobody else has
the knowledge of the existence of this fund. It contains $38M USD (Cash).I
need your assistance to move it out to where it'll b safe,& you can have
access to it.You'll then formally invite me for sharing.I suggest,upon
conclusion that we shall share 60/40%.Be rest assured that this transaction
carries no risk as I am on the ground to monitor the whole process.
I am looking forward to your reply.
Thanks,
Mr Nana Kufor.

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