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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: "Mr Stephen Mensah" <stephenprivate2@o2.pl> (may be fake)
Reply-To: stephen56@o2.pl
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 06:14:52 +0000
Subject: Re: Reply

Attn:Friend,

My name is Stephen Mensah, I am the regional manager
of the International Commercial Bank Tema Accra Ghana
I got your information during my search through the
Internet. I am 44years of age and married with 3lovely
kids. It may interest you to hear that I am a man of
PEACE and don't want problem, I only hope we can
assist each other. If you don't want this
businessoffer kindly forget it, as I will not contact
you again.


I have packaged a financial transaction that will
benefit both of us, as the regional manager of the
International Commercial 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 year. On the course of
the last year 2004 end of year report, I discovered
that my branch in which I am the manager made Three
million five hundred thousand dollars [3,500.000.00]
which my head office are not aware of and will never
be aware of. I have since place this fund on what we
call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary.


As an officer of the bank I can not be directly
connected to this money, so this informed my
contacting you for us to work so that you can assist
receive this money into your bank account for us to
SHARE.
While you will have 30% of the total fund. Note there
are practically no risk involved, it will be bank to
bank transfer, all I need from you is to stand claim
as the original depositor of this fund who made the
deposit with our branch so that my Head office can
order the transfer to your designated bank account. If
you accept this offer to work with me, I will
appreciate it very much. As soon as I receive your
response I will details you on how we can achieve it
successfully.


Best regards,
Mr Stephen Mensah
+233243647733

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