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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.
• 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.
  • geonduka_nduka@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3a-geonduka_nduka@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "george nduka" <ndukageorgeee@googlemail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 06:52:31 +0100
Subject: please Confirm


Hello,

Pardon me for not having the pleasure of knowing your mindset before making
you this offer and it is utterly confidential and
genuine by virtue of its nature.I write to solicit your assistance in a
funds transfer deal involving US$3.5M.This fund has
been stashed out of the excess profit made last year by my branch office the
International Commercial Bank which I am the
Manager.


I have already submitted an approved end of the year report for the year
2005 to my head office here in Accra-Ghana
and they will never know of this excess. I have since then, placed this
amount on a Non-Investment Account without a
beneficiary.Upon your response, I will configure your name on our database
as holder of the Non-Investment Account. I will
then guide you on how to apply to my head office for the Account
Closure/bank-to-bank remittance of the funds to
your designated bank account.



If you concur with this proposal, I intend for you to retain 30% of the
funds while 70% shall be for me.Kindly forward your
response to:

E-mail:-geonduka_nduka@myway.com <E-mail%3A-geonduka_nduka@myway.com>

Mobile: +233-24-888-6531


With Regards,


George Nduka
+233-24-888-6531

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