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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Jeff Akwah" <jeff_a1@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:05:41 +0000
Subject: Get back to me



Hello Dear,

How do you do today, i hope fine? I got your contact as I was browsing through the Internet, and I am contacting you for an important issue. My name is Mr. Jeff Akwah I am 46year old from Ghana, in Western Africa.
I am contacting you to help me in receiving the amount of USD 3.9 million. This fund was money I made during my tenor as the Secretary of the Convention People's Party (CPP) here in Ghana in 1999. There was a problem within our party and the oppositional party, which sent I and other 2 party members to detention. Now there is a new government in Ghana and we were all discharged.
Meanwhile, the above-mentioned amount is in the security company now and I want to come and invest in your country, but the tax charges on this fund for these years have gone high. As a matter of fact, I am contacting you to cooperate with me get this fund. Because i am financially down to get this fund alone.
I will like to get your feed back if you will be interested to be of a help to me, I promised to compensate you with 15% of the money. Please I want you to know that i will be happy and will give you undivided attention. Tell me if you are interested so that i what to do and ask you some questions.
Thanks,
Mr. Jeff Akwah

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