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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: "From:Frank B. Mensah." <frankmensah_frankmensah4@yahoo.co.in> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mensahfrank_mensahfrank@yahoo.co.in
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 18:17:59 +0000
Subject: Waiting Online To Read From You.

From:Frank B. Mensah.
International Commercial Bank, Tel / Fax ; 00233 243847680 .
Teshie Nungua Branch, Accra.
Ghana West Africa.
Tell. 00233243357729

Dear Friend

I got your contact during my search on the Internet ,
search for a honest person .My name is Dr. Frank B. Mensah.
The regional manager of International Commercial Bank,
Teshie Nungua Branch Ghana. I am a Ghanaian by birth,
41years of age and married with three children .
Although i am not comfortable to send this proposal
to you because of increase in SCAM and FRAUD
especially in Africa , but i am too sure that this is not
Scam because you have access to confirm, provided
you did not let my Bank know the source of your information.
I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us.

As the regional manager of the bank, it is my duty to send
financial reports to my head office in the capital city of
Accra Ghana. On the course of the last year 2004 end
of the year's report, i discovered that my branch in which
i am the manager ,made Six Million Eight Hundred and
Fifty Thousand US Dollars ( 6,850.000.00 ) of which my
head office is not aware and will never be aware of it.
I have since then PLACED this fund in an ESCROW CALL
ACCOUNT without a beneficiary. As the regional
manager 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 25% of this fund to you while
75% shall be for me and two officers who will assist me
move the fund to your account.
I do need to assure you that there are no risk
involved in this Business. 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 accept this offer,
i will appreciate your timely response and then we
shall discuss on how you will keep our share .

With regards,
Dr. Frank B. Mensah.

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