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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "god fearing " (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.
  • infoedwardlamptegcb@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <infoedwardlampteygcb@centrum.cz>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:31:28 +0200
Subject: FROM MR. EDWARD VERY URGENT


Dear Friend,=20
=C2=A0
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 My name is Mr.Edward Lamptey 57 years of age I am com=
pelled to contact you as result of a lifetime business relationship I wi=
shed to establish with you honorable self. I am a God fearing gentleman o=
f the confidence that God will certainly create an enabling environment =
in our midst through which his name will be glorified.=20
=C2=A0
I am the Eastern regional Auditor General of the Ghana commercial Bank L=
td Of Ghana. I am a Christian. I write you this letter in good faith bel=
ieving both of us will work with one accord for the realization of this =
project.. I am in control of the sum of Twelve million, Eight Hundred an=
d Fifty Thousand US Dollars ($12,850,000.00) that was an excess of profi=
t made by our Eastern region branch office in the last quarters of the y=
ear 2007.=20
=C2=A0
Due to the present political position of this country, I have carefully =
placed the afore said fund in an Escrow Call Deposit Account and did not=
declare this to my head office, Can I really trust you to hold this mon=
ey for me until I arrive your country and pick it up myself? This is whe=
re the problem lies. You will be entitled to 10% of the total money as y=
our commission if you will be human enough to work with me.. If you accep=
t my offer you can contact me immediately via my personal l email addres=
s : infoedwardlamptegcb@myway.com=20
=C2=A0
All I need is your formidable current account where the money will be mo=
ved accordingly. I will discretely give you all the information concernin=
g the account and the deposit so that you can apply to my headquarters d=
irectly for the re-location of the money. There is practically no risk i=
nvolved it will be a bank-to-bank transfer. I hope you understand my sit=
uation.=20
=C2=A0
Thank you and God bless.=20
Very truly yours,=20
Mr.Edward Lamptey

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