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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:
  • "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.
  • sandarbabi@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: sandra johnson <sandarbabi@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:50:42 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Urgent Respond


Dear Daniel Rivera,

How is life with you and your family? I hope all is well. Before i write further, I will like to introduce myself to you properly.

I am Sandra Johnson daughter of late Dr. Albert Johnson, a one time King aspirant in Ghana , and also the chairman of Afro gold mine before he was assassinated this year.

We got your contact from a lady we met who is work with the Ghana trade Center. Before the death of my father, he deposited $12.5million US Dollars with a Bank in Ghana call Trust Bank Ghana Limited in Accra Ghana as family belongings, before his death when there was tension in our family, he ask the Bank manager of that time to keep the money in a suspense account in the bank for the family.

I and my mum went and meet the Bank manager last week and we where told that my dad left specific instructions that this funds should be transferred out of Africa before it will be release to us or that we should produce a foreign partner who the Bank will transfer this funds to for him or him to invest it in his country so that you will help us to come over to your country.

My mum then ask me to contact you if you can help us receiver this funds in your account in your country, help us invest the fund and get us traveling papers to come over to your place which we will give you 15% of the total sum, if you will assist us.

All legal documents backing this transaction are here with us in the Ghana ,we can fax it to you for verification. Less i forget, the Bank operational manager Mr. Frank Kwame has also assured us that once we provide a foreign partner they will transfer the funds into his account within 3 banking days.

Please try as much as possible to get back to us as soon as possible, to enable us finish this transaction without delay because things are very hard for us in the now. You can contact me on my email address (sandarbabi@yahoo.com) so that i can explain all questions you want to ask.

Thanks and God bless.

We hope to hear from you soon.

Sandra Johnson.

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