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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "into your nominated bank account" (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)
  • "to your nominated bank account" (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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Terry Anderson <terry_aanderson03@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <terry_aanderson@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:40:36 +0000
Subject: From The desk of Mr.Anderson



From The desk of ,


Mr.Terry Anderson.


The Branch Manager


Eco Bank Of Ghana


First Light Branch


Accra, Ghana.





Hello Friend,





I am soliciting your confidence in
this transaction, this is by virtue of it's nature as being utterly
Confidential. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude can
make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that this
is real and genuine. I am Mr Terry Anderson the branch manager of Eco
Bank of Ghana,First Light branch Accra,Ghana.I am a Ghanaian married
with two kids.Really I got your information during my search on the
Internet so i decided to contact you and seek for your assistance in
this transaction.But if you don't want this business offer or if you
don't want to help me kindly forget it and I will not contact you again.





I have packaged a financial
transaction that will benefit both of us, as a branch manager it's my
duty to send an end of year financial report to my head office in the
capital city of (Accra-Ghana) at the end of each year. On the course of
the last year (2006) end of year report, I discovered that First Light
branch which I am the manager made eight million seven hundred and
fifty thousand United States Dollar (8, 750.000.00) which my head
office is not aware of, and will never be aware of because i have
already submitted an end of year report of last year (2006). So I have
since placed this fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any
beneficiary.





As a branch manager I can not be
directly connected to this fund, so this now motivated me to contact
you and seek for your assistance for us to work together so that you
can help me and receive this fund into your bank account,i promise and
assure you that as soon as this (8,750.000.00) eight million seven
hundred and fifty thousand United States Dollar comes into your
account I intend to part 30% of this fund to you while 70% shall be for
me.





I do need to stress that there are
practically no risk involved in this. It is going to be a bank-to-bank
transfer to your nominated bank account. all I need from you is to
stand and claim the funds as the original depositor of this fund who
made the deposit with my branch which i am the manager so that my Head
office can order for the transfer into your nominated bank account.





If you accept this offer to work with me, I will appreciate your timely response so that we can proceed.





Best Regards,


Mr.Terry Anderson.












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