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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "is highly confidential" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
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Fraud email example:

From: "Sandra Dikibo" <sandik222@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 05:17:57 +0000
Subject: Re: your assistance needed urgently

From: The Auditorial Manager Desk,
International Commercial Bank Ghana
First Makola Shopping Mall,
Accra Ghana
My name is San Dik. I am the Auditor manager of the International Commercial
Bank Ghana,First Makola Shopping Mall.
I am writing to solicit your assistance in the transfer of USD$35.5 Million
Dollars.
This fund is the excess of what my branch in which I am the manager made as
profit during the last year balance sheet. I have already submitted an
approved End of the Year report
for the year 2004 to my Head Office here in Accra Ghana,and they will never
know of this Excess.

I have since then, placed this amount of USD$35.5 Million on an ESCROW
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 15% of this fund to you
while 85% shall be for me. I do need to stress that there are practically no
risk involved in this transaction. It's 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 can assist me,
please get back to me as soon as possible with the following information's
of your's for us to proceed fast: (1)your confidential phone number and your
office fax.(2)your house private number and cell phone for easy
communication as i may not have enough time to be
sending you mails.
Note:this is highly confidential as you may know that i am still working as
a banker in this bank and will like to retain my position.
Best Regards
San Dik.

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