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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: "jonah kwensi" <jonahkwensi@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jonahkwensi_02@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 10:55:15 +0000
Subject: call me urgently +226-76437012

From:Mr.Jonah Kwensi ,
Bank of Africa,
Bobo Dioulasso Branch.

Dear Friend,

I got your contact during my search on the Internet. My name is Mr.Jonah
Kwensi , the regional manager of Bank of Africa Bobo Dioulasso Branch
Burkina-Faso. I am a Burkinabe 45 years and married with three kids although
i am not comfortable to send this proposal to you because of increase in
scam and fraud expecially in Africa but i am too sure that this is not scam
because you have access to confirm provided you did not let my bank know the
source of your information.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us. As the
regional manager of the bank, it is my duty to send financial reports to
my head office in the capital city of Ouagadougou,Burkina-Faso. On the
course of the last year 2004 end of the year's report, I discovered that my
branch in which I am the manager made Two Million Five Hundred and Fifty
Thousand US Dollars ($2,550.000.00) of which my head office is not aware and
will never be aware of it. I have since then PLACED this fund in an ESCROW
CALL ACCOUNT without a beneficiary.

As the regional manager of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this
money thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this
money into your bank account. I intend to part 25% of this fund to you while
75% shall be for me and two officers who will assist me move the fund to
your account. I do need to assure you that there are no risk involved in
this business. Its going to be a bank-to-bank transfer. All I need from you
is to stand as the original depositor of this fund.
If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response and then we
shall discuess on how you will keep our share.
With regards,

Mr.Jonah Kwensi
00226-76437012

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