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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "it will be a bank to bank transfer" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Rolland Rolland <rolland52_rolland@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 02:01:36 -0800 (PST)
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL REPLY ME URGENTLY


Dear Friend,

This is strictly confidetial; my name is Roland Kwame the regional manager of standard chartered bank Plc here in Ghana in Obuasi branch in the eastern part of the country. I got your information through internet .I write you this proposal in good faith, I am 58 years old married with six children and a devoted Christian and a man of peace.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit me and you as the regional manager of the standard chartered 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.

On the course of 2005 business report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the regional manager made Three million Eight Hundred and fifty Thousand united states dollars( $3,850,000.00USD) which my head office are not aware of and will never be aware of it. I have placed the funds on what we call escrow call account with no beneficiary. As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected to this money that is my aims of contacting you to assist me receive this fund in your bank account and get 30% of the total fund as your commission.

There practically no risk involved in this transaction, it will be a bank to bank transfer and all I need from you is to stand and claim the fund as the original depositor that made the deposit in my branch so that my head office can order the transfer
to your designated bank account.

If you accept to work with me I will appreciate it very much. Call me
immediately on my private number 233-243871647.for more details.
Thank you in advance and God bless you.

Yours Roland Kwame


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