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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: "Kwame Osei" <kwa_osei11@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:59:35 +0100
Subject: Private Matter

The Manager
Kaneshie Branch,
International Commercial Bank
Ghana Ltd.

Hello!

I got your contact during my search for a reliable,
trust worthy and honest person to introduce this
transfer project with. My name is Mr. Kwame Osei.

I am the manager of the International Commercial Bank
Ghana, Kaneshie Branch Accra. I am a Ghanaian
married with two kids. I am writing to solicit your
assistance in the noble transfer of US$8.500.000.00.
This fund is the excess of what my branch in which I
am the manager made as profit during this year in my
Head Office here in Accra and they will never know of
this Excess.
I have since then, placed this amount of
US$8.500.000.00 (Eight Million Five hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) on a SUSPENCE ACCOUNT without a
beneficiary.

As an officer 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 30% of this fund to you
while 70% shall be for me. I do need to stress that
there are practically no risk involved in this. It is
going to be a bank-to-bank transfer to your nominated
bank account anywhere you feel safer. 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.

With regards,

Mr. Kwame Osei.

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