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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:

• 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)
  • "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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: jack ottu <j.ottu2@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 02:43:29 -0700
Subject: PARTNERSHIP NEEDED


Dear/Sir/ Madam,

Thanks for your mail and interest in investing with me,I am Jack Ottu
Jnr,and the only surviving son of Late and formal military personnel under
the United Nation umbrella Col Jack Ottu here in Ghana.

My late father has deposited the Consignment worths sum of 7 Million Euro at
the FINANCIAL VAULT COMPANY HERE IN GHANA,which we as children want to
invest it on any good growing business such as importing and exporting or
rather on lands and properties.

We sincerely wish to make it known to you that we want to invest this money
into what will profit us in future as children and need your assistance as
our foreign beneficiary to the fund so that this fund can be transfer out of
Africa Ghana and into a foreign Account,so that we can join our investors
offshore after preparing us with our traveling document to come
over.

I also want to tell you that 40% has been mapped out for your kindly
assistance and 10% for any incurred expenses,while 50% will be for the
investment proper,so we whereby wish that you send to us your full contact
details and Bank Account details,so that we can send it to the Bank for the
approval on this transfer to your destination.

Please send to us your Intel.passport scanned copy for documentation.

I wait your response.
Best regards
Jack Ottu

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