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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • drk_collins245@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "kofr colins" <k_collins245@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 20:14:10 +0000
Subject: Business Correspondent

FROM THE DESK OF DR KOFFI COLLINS
CHAIRMAN ECOWAS CONTRACT AWARDING COMMITTEE
ECOWAS FUND HEADQUARTERS
P.M.B.5028
ACCRA-REPUBLIC OF GHANA
Alternative Email;drk_collins245@yahoo.fr
ACCOUNT PROVISION FOR USD45.5 MILLION
I am Dr.KOFFI COLLINS. The Chairman, Contract Awarding
Committee oftheECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN
STATES (ECOWAS)with itsfund Headquarters in
Accra-Ghana.I got your information in a Proffesional
database when I was searching through Internet for a
reliable,honest and trustworthy person to entrust this
business with.I was simply inspired and motivated to
pick your contact from themany names in the list of
the directory.After discussing my view and your
profile with my colleagues,they were verymuch
satisfied and decided to contact you immediately for
this mutual business relationship.We wish to transfer
the sum ofUSD45.5,000,000.00(Forty five million five
hundred thousand UnitedStatesDollarsonly.)intoyour
personal or company`s bank account.This fund was a
residue of the overinvoiced contract bills awarded by
us intentionally for thesupply of hard and
softwares,phamaceauticals/medical items,light and
heavy duty vehicles,apparels and other
administrative/logisticsfor theECOMOG in Sierra-Leone
and Liberia during the PeaceKeeping Projects.This DEAL
was deliberately hatched out and carefully protected
with the cooperation and mandate of the Financial
Director and the Secretary of the Organisation..We
arranged and over invoiced the contract funds supplied
by different companies from different countries during
the crisis. It was our consensus to seek the
assistance of a willing foreigner to provide us with
the facilities to transfer this money out of West
Africa.This is borne out of our belief in the
non-stable and porous political nature of this
sub-region. The original contractors have been duly
paid by Ecowas banker through the Central bank of
Ghana and finance Ministry.The balance is suspended in
the ECOWAS grand Account awaiting claims by
anyforeignpartnerof ourchoice to receive the fund on
our behalf Now Ecowas is intending to pay all their
outstanding balance of their contractors this year as
the organization is winding up its activities since
the aim of returning PEACE to the countries and the
coast has been achieved.Based on the laws and ethics
of employment,we as civil servants working under this
organization, are not allowed to operate/own a foreign
account.This is more reason why we needed your urgent
assistance to provide an account that can sustain this
fund for safe keeping and our future investment with
your comprehensive advise,assistance and partnership
in your country.It is however agreed,as the account
owner in this deal
to allow you 30%of the entire sum as compensation,
65% will be held on trust for us while5% will be used
to defray any incidental charges and cost during the
course of the transaction. This transaction will be
successfully concluded within14 days if you accord us
your unalloyed and due cooperation.You should provide
the followings for immediate kick off of this deal if
it interest you; YOUR COMPANY`S NAME WITH COMPLETE
ADDRESS,TEL AND FAXNUMBERS.(if available)THE NAME OF
YOUR BANK,ITS ADDRESS WITH TEL,FAX AND
TELEXNUMBERS.THEACCOUNTNUMBER THE COMPLETE MAILING
ADDRESSOF THE BENEFICIARY WITH TELEPHONE AND FAX
NUMBERS.Upon the receipt of this
informations,application for claim will be sent to you
to fill and return back to the
organization in pursuit of the claim legally and then
be forwarded to the organization for ratification and
subsequent payment. As with the case of all organized
(sensitive)and conspired DEALS,we solicit for your
unreserved confidentiality and utmost secret in this
business.We hope to retire peacefully and lead
honorable business life afterwards.There are no risks
involved .Kindly expedite action if you are interested
as we are behind schedule to enable us utilize this
golden opportunity pay out this fund immediately which
we might stand to loose, if we fail to provide a safe
account for this transfer on time at the expiration of
this year Ecowas has mapped out for payment of all
their outstanding contractors and the dissolution of
our committee.Please urgency is needed as we do not
know the time our organization will start the payment
hence it is necessary to start on time to forestall
any hitch while transferring the fund into your
designated account .Hoping to hear from you.
With regards.
Dr.KOFFI COLLINS

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