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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mark Green" <mark20044@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 16:01:40 +0100
Subject: waiting to hear from you


*From:Mark Green,
International Commerical Bank of Ghana,
Takoradi Branch.
Dear Sir,
I got your contact during my search on the Internet.My name is
Mr.MarkGreen, the regional manager of International Commerical Bank
Takoradi Branch
Ghana. I am a Ghanaian 45 years and married with three children although i
am not comfortable to send this proposal to you because of increase in scam
and fraud expecially 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.
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. On the course of the
last year 2005 end of the year's report, I discovered that my branch in
which I am the manager made Five Million Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand US
Dollars (5,550.000.00) of which my head office is not aware and will never
be aware of it. I have place this fund in an Escrow call account no:
0661818092 without a beneficiary.
My plan was to transact this business after my retirement but there is
miscalculation of money in my branch how it happens I don't know, the Boards
of ICB Ltd decided that I will pay the money because I am the Manager of the
branch and they decided that they will be deducting money from my salary
until the money is completedand right now i don't have money to take care of
my family.This is my reason for doing this business now.
As the regional manager of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this
money thus I am impelled torequest for your assistance to receive this money
into your bank account. I intend to part 25% of this fundto 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 are no risk involved in this
business. 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 because i
want to get this fund out from my bank immediately.
With regards,
Mark Green*

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