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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "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: Eco Bank <ecobank2345@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:01:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: from lucky emmanuel



=A0
Dear Sir/madam.

My name is mr lucky=A0emmanuel=A0 I am the manager of ECOE Bank=A0 Ltd Osu =
branch in the greater Accra region of Ghana. I got your information on a re=
cent bank conference with other West African countries held in Lome the cap=
ital city of Togo in West Africa . I write you this proposal in good faith;=
=A0=A0=20
=A0
I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and me, as th=
e regional manager of the Standard Chartered bank it is my duty to send in =
a financial report to my head office in the capital city Accra at the end o=
f each business year. On the course of 2006 business report,
=A0I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made three million=
seven hundred and fifty thousand us=A0 dollars ($6,750,000.00) which my he=
ad office are not aware of and will never be aware of.
=A0
I have placed this funds on what we call escrow call account with no benefi=
ciary. As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected to this mo=
ney, so my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this money in your=
bank account and get 30% of the total funds as commission for helping me .
=A0
There are practically no risks involved, it will be a bank-to-bank transfer=
and all I need from you is to stand and claim as the original depositor of=
these funds who made the deposit with my branch so that my head office can=
order the transfer to your designated bank account. and 30%will be=A0 for =
you 60%will be for me 10%will be for the expensis fo the transfer.
=A0
If you accept to work with me I will appreciate it very much. You get back =
to me on this my email box.... luckyemmanuel123@yahoo.com.com so that we ca=
n go on the details for the transfer of the fund.
=A0
Thank you in advance and=A0 be bless=A0 and your family.
=A0
Yours truly=20
=A0
Mr lucky emmanuel=A0 =0A=0A=0A

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