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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:
  • "escrow account with no beneficiary" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "it will be a bank to bank transfer" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "there are practically no risks involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
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Fraud email example:

From: clifford ibru <clifford_ibru01@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 05:26:27 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: YOUR ASSISTANCE NEEDED.


Dear Sir.

My name is Mr. Clifford Ibru. I'm the Regional Remittance Manager in (ICB)Bank, Takoradi branch in the Western region of Ghana. I am a man of peace.
I never want problems in my life, it was just because of my present financial
situation, I carefully planned to utilize this opportunity that came my way, and I only hope you can assist me and not to persecute me. If you don't want this proposal, can you kindly forget that I ever contacted you? I will be glad you did for the sake of
my job.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and I, as a Regional Remittance manager of (ICB)Bank, it is my duty to send in a financial report to my head office in the capital city, Accra, at the end of each business year. In the course of last year 2005, business report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager, made twelve million, eight hundred thousand US dollars (US$12,800,000) which my head office is not aware of and will never be aware of. I have
placed this funds on what we call escrow account
with no beneficiary in (ICB)Bank in Ghana. And it’s only two of the managers that are Aware of this transaction As an officer of (ICB)bank, I cannot be directly
connected to these funds,

so my aim of contacting you is to assist me receives it in your bank account and get 25% of the total value of the funds.What you have to do is to come down to our bank here in Accra to inspect the fund in the bank vault and open an account in your name with the same bank where the money is presently deposited, so that the funds can be immediately transfer into your bank account abroad.

There are practically no risks involved, it will be a bank to bank transfer, all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of these funds, and the rest will be handle by the remittance manager and the corporate manager who are my colleague are in close collaboration with me.

Thank you in advance and May God bless you and your family.

Regards,

Mr. Clifford Ibru.


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