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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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mohammed Ali" <moha_alih@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 09:15:45 +0000
Subject: YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE IS NEDEED!!

MANAGER Mr. MOHAMMED ALIH.
Phone: +233-243-561488
Fax: +233 27 621073
moha_alih@msn.com


CONFIDENTIAL,

My name is Mr. MOHAMMED ALIH. I am the regional manager 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 reginal manager of a 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 financial 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 and fifty 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 legit-imate
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 fund, with my branch so that my head office
can order the transfer to your designated bank account in afew working days.

If you accept my propsal 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 243 561 488 call me or send me an mail as soon as you
receive this message.so that we can go over to the details.

Thanking you in anticipation

May God bless you and your family.

Yours truly

Mr.MOHAMMED ALIH.

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