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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: daniel_kwesi1@canada.com
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 11:49:36 -0800
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION

DEAR SIR,

MY NAME IS MR. DANIEL KWESI, THE REGIONAL MANAGER OF
INVESTMENT BANK GHANA, MADINA BRANCH GHANA . I AM A GHANAIAN
BY BIRTH, 46YEARS OF AGE AND MARRIED WITH THREE CHILDREN.
ALTHOUGH I AM NOT COMFORTABLE TO SEND THIS PROPOSAL TO YOU
BECAUSE OF INCREASE IN SCAM AND FRAUD ESPECIALLY IN AFRICA,
BUT I AM TOO SURE THAT THIS IS NOT SCAM BECAUSE YOU HAVE
ACCESS TO CONFIRM, PROVIDED YOU DID NOT LET MY BANK KNOW THE
SOURCE OF YOUR INFORMATION.

I HAVE PACKAGED A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION THAT WILL BENEFIT
BOTH OF US. AS THE REGIONAL MANAGER OF THE BANK, IT IS MY
DUTY TO SEND FINANCIAL REPORTS TO MY HEAD OFFICE IN THE
CAPITAL CITY OF ACCRA GHANA BUT FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, MY
ACCOUNTANT AND I HAVE DECIDED NOT TO SEND ALL OUR PROFIT TO
OUR HEAD OFFICE AND WE HAVE SAVED $17.2 MILLION OF WHICH MY
HEAD OFFICE IS NOT AWARE AND WILL NEVER BE AWARE OF IT. I
HAVE JUST PLACED THIS FUND IN AN ESCROW CALL ACCOUNT WITHOUT
A BENEFICIARY.

AS THE REGIONAL MANAGER OF THE BANK, I CANNOT BE DIRECTLY
CONNECTED TO THIS MONEY THUS, I AM IMPELLED TO REQUEST FOR
YOUR ASSISTANCE TO RECEIVE THIS MONEY INTO YOUR BANK
ACCOUNT. I INTEND TO PART 25% OF THIS FUND TO YOU WHILE 75%
SHALL BE FOR ME AND TWO OFFICERS WHO WILL ASSIST ME MOVE THE
FUND TO YOUR ACCOUNT. I DO NEED TO ASSURE YOU THAT THERE IS
NO RISK INVOLVED IN THIS BUSINESS BECAUSE HAVING PUT SO MANY
YEARS IN BANKING SECTOR, WE WILL NOT LIKE OUR IMAGE TO BE
DENTED.

FINALLY IT’S GOING TO BE A BANK-TO-BANK TRANSFER. ALL I
NEED FROM YOU IS TO STAND AS THE ORIGINAL DEPOSITOR OF THIS
FUND. IF YOU ACCEPT THIS OFFER, I WILL APPRECIATE YOUR
TIMELY RESPONSE AND THEN WE SHALL DISCUSS ON HOW YOU WILL
KEEP OUR SHARE WITH.

REGARDS,
DANIEL KWESI.



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