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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: "Morgan Kuffor"<mkurestd01@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: <mkuffor01@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 03:34:01 +0800
Subject: Congratulations in advance.

Mr. Morgan Kuffor
No 10 VICTORIA STREET,
SPINTEX ROAD,
ACCRA GHANA.

This is an official notification of funds deposited. We arrange for
the safekeeping of special and valuable packages and baggage in trust
for reputable clients that are honest and trustworthy.

A benefactor whose identity can not be disclosed because of the Non-
Circumvention and Non Disclosure Agreement that was signed with the
said benefactor when the funds were being deposited? I will make you
the beneficiary of a package containing some amount of money. The Non-
Circumvention and Non Disclosure Agreement signed with the benefactor
mandates us to fully divulge and disclose the benefactor's identity 18
months after you, the beneficiary,has received the funds.

The fundstotals US$11M (Eleven Million United States Dollars). We
confirm that these funds are fully free of any liens, or encumbrances
and are clean, clear and non-criminal origin and are available in the
form of CASH.

You are hereby advised to reconfirm your Full Contact Information for
verification with information contained in our database in the format
stated below. After verifying the details with the information we have
in our database, you will be contacted to personally claim the funds
in the Finance and Security Firm in Europe where its being kept with
the Consignment Deposit Information (C.D.I) that will empower you to
do so.

This Consignment Deposit Information (C.D.I) is what is needed to
claim the funds and will only be sent to you after all your
information has been verified and confirmed to be true.

The information should therefore be sent in the manner stated below so
as to ensure that no mistake is made.

Your Full Name:____________________________
Your CompleteAddress (Physical Address with Zip
Code):___________________________
Date of Birth(Day/Month/Year):______________________________
Occupation/Position:____________________________________
Direct Telephone/Fax number:_________________________________________
The Name of the Closest Airport to your City of
Residence:_________________________
Complete the above and send back to me as soon as possible I await
your response urgently.

Congratulations in advance.
Mr. Morgan Kuffor.

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