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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • mrissifuicbgh@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Annan Emmanuel" <mremmanuelanna5@mailbox.hu>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 19:47:27 +0100
Subject: Your ATM-Card Package


Dear good Friend,

How are you and your Family? I have successfully transferred the Funds
through the co-operation of a new Partner from Syria. And I did not forget
all your past efforts in assisting me transferring the Funds despite that it
failed us some how at that time. I am always careful while dealing with
human beings to avoid attracting curses to my family and generations to
come. I am a serious minded person with complete Spiritual comfort ability.
For these reasons, I have decided to reward you for all your past efforts
and assistance at that time.

Before I left Accra-Ghana to Damascus-Syria, I left behind the sum of
USD$1,250,000.00 in A/C # 80200062807 and instructed (Mr. Gariba Issifu) who
is in charge of ATM-Card department of ICB BANK LTD, to program their Easy
Cash ATM Swift-Card payment mode which you can withdraw through any
ATM-Machine Worldwide. You need to get in touch with him immediately and
advice him to issue you an ATM-Card valued USD$1,250,000.00 which I
instructed him to program for your compensation. Actually, I really
appreciate all your past efforts and assistance at that time.

Please quickly get in touch with Mr. Gariba Issifu through his contact
information below:

Mr. Gariba Issifu
Tel: +233-28-510-7883
E-mail: mrissifuicbgh@gmail.com

Meanwhile, I might not be contacting you soon because I and my new partner
are very busy with our projects at the moment. Therefore, quickly establish
contact with Mr. Gariba Issifu immediately to enable you receive the
ATM-Card within the shortest possible time so that we can share our joy
together after all the sufferings at that time and also note that I have
forwarded this instruction to Mr. Issifu on your behalf.

Take care and remain blessed.

Yours Truly,
Mr. Emmanuel Annan.

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