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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "million us dollars" (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.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • frankowusuphillip@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FRANK"<frankowusuphillip@myway.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 04:42:33 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: THANKS.


















































From: Mr. Frank Owusu PhillipInternational Commercial Bank,Ghana West Africa. Dear Friend, I got your contact during my search on the Internet, search for anhonest person, my name is Mr. Frank Owusu Phillip. The regional manager ofInternational Commercial Bank, Teshie Nungua Branch Ghana. I am aGhanaian by birth, 46years of age and married with three children. Although I am not comfortable to send this proposal to you because ofincrease in SCAM and FRAUD especially in Africa , but I am too surethat this is not Scam because you have access to confirm, provided you didnot let my Bank know the source of your information. I have packaged afinancial transaction that will benefit both of us. As the regionalmanager of the bank, it is my duty to send financial reports to my headoffice in the capital city of Accra Ghana.On the course of the last year 2005 end of the year's report, idiscovered that my branch, in which I am the manager, made twenty-fourmillion us dollars.
($24,000,000.00) Of which my head office is not aware andwill never be aware of it. I have since then PLACED this fund in anESCROW CALL ACCOUNT without a beneficiary. As the regional manager ofthe bank, I cannot be directly connected to this Money thus, I amimpelled to request for your assistance to receive this money into your bankaccount. I intend to part 25% of this fund to you while 75% shall be for me andtwo officers who will assist me move the fund to your account. I doneed to assure you that there are no risks involved in this Business. Itis going to be a Bank-to-Bank transfer. All i need from you is to standas the original depositor of this fund. If you accept this offer, iwill appreciate your timely response and then we shall discuss on how youwill keep our share.You can contact me with my private Email, frankowusuphillip@yahoo.com With regards, Frank Owusu Phillip.

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