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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 are practically no risks 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: "doglas dankwa" <dankwa600@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dankwa100@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:20:01 +0000
Subject: From Mr.Douglas Dankwa.

Hello Dear,

My name is Mr.Douglas Dankwa retired banker in Ghana West Africa.
I am a Christian. I do not want problems but I just hope you can
assist me. I write you this letter in good faith; I have a
transaction of Eight Million, Five hundred Thousand US dollars
($8,500,000.00USD).

I realized this fund from bank excess profit after trading with the
capital sum and I deposited the funds in Escrow call account; where
nobody will have access to it; even the bank does not have access to
this account because it cannot be deducted; until after the transfer
Finally I did not declare this fund to the bank before my
retirement. I am contacting you, to stand as the beneficiary of this
fund because only a foreigner can stand as the beneficiary. Can I
trust you to hold this money for me until I come to your country?
After the transfer, I will give you 40% of the money as your
commission.

If you accept my offer, you can contact me on my private
email-address but if you do not accept this
offer kindly forget I contacted you.

All I need is for you to get a good current account where this fund
can be transfer into and for you to stand as the beneficiary of the
said amount; within three days the funds will be transferred to your
designated bank account.

There are practically no risks involved; it will be a bank-to-bank
transfer.

I hope you understand my situation. I am critically ill that is why
I contacted you to finalize this transaction to enable
me have a very good treatment.
Thank you and God bless.

Yours truly,

Mr.Douglas Dankwa.

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