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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Maxwell Koja" <m_koja1@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: mx_koja@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 06:31:52 -0800
Subject: Hello sir

From Mr. Maxwell Koja
Phone: +233 243331032
Fax: +233 27 621073
Email: m_koja1@tiscali.co.uk

Greetings,
My name is Mr. Maxwell Koja. I am the regional manager of Barclays bank of
Ghana takoradi branch in the western region of Ghana. I write you this proposal
in good faith; I am 42 years old married with two lovely kids. I am a devoted
Christian and a man of peace.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and I, as the
regional manager of the Barclays bank it is my duty to send in a financial
report to my head office in the capital city Accra at the end of each business
year.

On the course of the last year 2004 business report, I discovered that my
branch in which I am the manager made five million eight hundred thousand
united state dollars ($5,850,000.00) which my head office is not aware of
and will never be aware of.

I have placed this funds on what we call escrow call account with no beneficiary.
As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected to this money,
so my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this money in your bank
account and get 20% of the total funds as commission.

There are practically no risks involved, the transaction will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law, it will be simply a bank-to-bank transfer, and all I need from you is
to stand 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 under few working days. If you accept to work with me I will
appreciate it very much as you are the first and the only person I am contacting
for this transaction.

My private phone number is 00233 243331032 call me or send me mail as soon
as you receive this message if you think we can work together so that we
can go over the details.

Thank you in advance and May god bless you and your family.

Truly yours,
Mr. Maxwell Koja


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