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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
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Fraud email example:

From: addo sam <addosam12000@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:48:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: business






Dear Sir/Madam,

May I use this medium to demand your kind co operation in
this risk free business.

As a matter of fact, I am the auditor general of the
contract evaluation and payments office in our country Ghana. As the matter
stands today, most contracts have long been executed and the contracts values
paid to the respected contractors according to the agreements. Today we have
some over invoices which have accumulated over the past four years that we have
Putin together and it’s a total of twenty three million five hundred and
seventy thousand US dollars. ($23,570,000.00.)

This we have taken our time and patient to watch and made
sure that there is no exposure no risk at all as all payments so far have been
made to the respective contractors.

At the moment for safety we are looking for a total neutral outsider
as we know that in issues or deals like this, one thing is successfully taken
the money but the most important is to make sure one wouldn’t be caught or
exposed after. But this I can confirm to you that with secrecy between us, we
shall have no problem of any kind at all and this deal is going to be a
strictly bank to bank transaction as we shall be here to give you all the  needed information to make the transfer to
you a success.

We are only two people involved in this transaction. The director
general of the cooperation and myself the auditor general.

The following is needed from you if you are really
interested:-

(1): we need a copy of your international passport or driver
license as to help in drafting a memorandum of understanding between us. Don’t
forget to include your direct telephone lines for easy communications.

(2): you will help me in opening a non residential account
in your country where you will pay our own part of the money.

(3): you will help me purchase a residential house with all
social and domestic amenities of not more than $500,000. (I have plans of
sending my wife and children over as soon as the transfer goes through)

With all these guaranteed, we would like to give you 25% of
the total amount while you pay the balance into the bank account that you will
open for me or any other secured bank account that we may provide. Your opinion
if any is highly welcomed for dialogue.

We shall be looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Sincerely yours,Mr. Samuel Addo.


 

 

 

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