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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:
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • mrkwa_ofori1@yahoo.co.in

Fraud email example:

From: "mrkwame_ofori1@terra.es" <mrkwame_ofori1@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 08:53:11 +0100 (MET)
Subject: IT IS MY UTMOST PLEASURE TO CONTACT YOU.


FROM: MR.KWAME OFORI

INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK GHANA .

MAKOLA BRANCH ACCRA GHANA.

NOTE: PLEASE REPLY VIA MY ALTANATIVE EMAIL ADDRESS:
mrkwa_ofori1@yahoo.co.in

DEAR PROSPECTIVE FRIEND,

I APOLOGIZE FOR SENDING YOU AN UNSOLICITED EMAIL, AS I HOPE YOU WILL RECEIVE IT WITHOUT A MEASURE OF FEAR AND BEING REST ASSURED THAT ALL WILL BE WELL AT THE END OF THIS TRANSACTION BECAUSE OF MY POSITION IN THE BANK.

FOR A BRIEF INTRODUCTION, I AM MR. KWAME OFORI
THE AUDITOR GENERAL OF MY BANK .I HAVE A VERY PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL PROPOSAL FOR YOU, AS REGARDS THE TRANSFER OF $3.8M (THREE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATED DOLLARS).

WHICH WAS LEFT BEHIND BY A CLIENT OF MY BANK, WHO DIED ALONGSIDE HIS FAMILY MADE UP OF HIS WIFE AND A DAUGHTER IN A TRAGIC MOTOR ACCIDENT THAT WRECKED THE LIFE OF ONE OF OUR NOTABLE CUSTOMERS IN THE CITY OF ACCRA GHANA. ON MAY 23RD 2006, A FOREIGN OIL MERCHANT WHO WORKS WITH THE GHANA NATIONAL OIL CORPORATION. (MAY THEIR GENTLE SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE AMEN.)

MR.EDWARD SMITH , DEPOSITED IN A FIXED DEPOSIT, THE SUM OF $3.8 MILLION USD (THREE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATED DOLLARS).

AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF HIS FIXED DEPOSIT, AND PAYMENT DUE, I DISCOVERED THAT HE WAS AMONG THE DEAD VICTIMS IN LAST YEAR AUTO CRASH.

ON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, I FOUND OUT THAT HE DID NOT LEAVE A WILL AND ALL ATTEMPTS TO TRACE HIS NEXT OF KIN WERE FRUITLESS SINCE HE DIED WITH HIS WIFE AND HIS ONLY DAUGHTER .

UPON MY FURTHER INVESTIGATION, I DISCOVERED THAT MR. EDWARD SMITH DID NOT DECLARE ANY NEXT OF KIN IN ALL HIS OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING HIS BANK DEPOSIT PAPERWORK.

THIS SUM OF US$3.8 (THREE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) IS STILL IN THE BANK AND THE INTEREST IS BEING ROLLED OVER WITH THE PRINCIPAL SUM AT THE END OF EACH YEAR. NO ONE WILL EVER COME FORWARD TO CLAIM IT.

ACCORDING TO THE BANKING LAW HAS CONTAINED IN THE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION WITH MY BANK, AS AT THE TIME HE DEPOSITED THE MONEY, AT THE EXPIRATION OF (6) YEARS, THE MONEY WILL BE REVERTED TO THE OWNERSHIP OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BANK IF HE DID NOT APPLY FOR THE CLAIM OF THE FUNDS, AND SAD ENOUGH TO HEAR, THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF MY BANK MAY DIVERT THIS FUND INTO THEIR OWN PERSONAL ACCOUNT.

CONSEQUENTLY, MY PROPOSAL IS THAT I WILL LIKE YOU AS A FOREIGNER TO WORK WITH ME TO STAND IN AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO MR. EDWARD SMITH SO THAT THE FRUITS OF THIS OLD MAN'S LABOUR WILL NOT BE DIVERTED INTO BANK TREASURY. THIS IS SIMPLE, WE WILL CARRY OUT THIS LEGALLY ACCORDING TO THE BANKING PRINCIPLES .

A BANK ACCOUNT IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, WHICH YOU PROVIDE, WILL THEN FACILITATE THE TRANSFER OF THIS MONEY TO YOU AS THE BENEFICIARY/NEXT OF KIN. THERE IS NO RISK INVOLVED IN THIS AT ALL. HENCE, IT IS 100% RISK FREE.

ALL THE PAPERWORK FOR THIS TRANSACTION WILL BE DONE SUCCESSFULLY AND WITH MY POSITION AS THE AUDITOR GENERAL AND I GUARANTEES THE SUCCESSFULNESS AND SMOOTH EXECUTION OF THIS TRANSACTION AS I WILL STAND ASIDE TO FURNISH YOU WITH THE NECESSARY UNDERGROUND INFORMATION THAT WILL MAKE IT EASY FOR US TO CLAIM THE FUND.

UPON YOUR RESPONSE, WE SHALL THEN START OFF IMMEDIATELY,AS DELAY MAY BE DANGEROUS.

PLEASE OBSERVE UTMOST CONFIDENTIALITY, AND REST ASSURED THAT THIS TRANSACTION WOULD BE MOST PROFITABLE FOR BOTH OF US.

PLEASE BE INFORMED THAT 10% OF THESE FUNDS WOULD GO OUT FOR CHARITY, SUCH AS THE VICTIMS OF WAR, THE ASIAN TSUNAMI DISASTER,AND THE OPHERNAGE HOMES.
WHILE 40% FOR YOU, AND THE REMAINING 50% FOR ME .

UPON YOUR RESPONSE, KINDLY INCLUDE YOUR DIRECT CONTACT TELEPHONE(S) SO THAT WE CAN BOTH TALK.

MY BEST REGARDS,

MR KWAME OFORI.





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