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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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• 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.
  • wmensah_003@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: wmensah_4u@walla.com
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:18:45 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE


¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!Ahora puedes escribirme a:wmensah003@yahoo.com.co



- Hello dear, Hope this email meets you well I am Mr. Williams Mensah from Ghana I am a coordinator contract award and re-view committee. I am the head of the committee. Our committee main responsibilities are to award and re-view all government contract > projects to corporate individuals or organizations. For over two years, I have been able to save some money through contract projects over quotations and over invoicing the contract prices and now which money was deposited in one of the bank account call ed escrow account. The main reason why I contacted you is to assist me to receiving the fund on my behalf, because in my country civil servants are not allowed to operate in a foreign account transfer transactions, while in service. Secondly, we cannot es> tablish foreign project while on duty post, unless after our resignation or retirement from government service or after re-torments. On your reply I will write to you an application letter to forward it to the bank where the fund is lying, I will release > the contact of the bank including the account information for you to contact the bank directly for the released and transfer of the money to your names. I will disclose to you all the information pertaining to this fund and the specific amount once I hear> from you. Sir, for your effort in this, you will be entitled with some percentage from the total sum. Thank you for understanding I look forward to your urgent response.Email wmensah_003@yahoo.com Mr. Williams Mensah

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