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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 Maxwell Koja" <infomax@i12.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: max_koja@pobox.sk
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 07:30:01 -0800
Subject: From Mr. Maxwell Koja

Mr. Maxwell Koja
Phone: +233 243331032
Fax: +233 277900033
Email: max_koja@pobox.sk

Greetings,
With warm heart I offer my friendship, and greetings, and I hope this mail meets you in good time. However strange or surprising this contact might seem to you, as we have not met personally or had any dealings in the past. I humbly ask that you take due consideration of its importance and immense benefit. My name is Mr. Maxwell Koja. I am the regional manager of Barclays bank of Ghana takoradi branch in the western region of Ghana. I write you this proposal in good faith; I am 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 regional manager of Barclays 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 business 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 legitimate 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 funds who made the deposit with my branch so that my head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account under few working days. If you accept to work with me 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 24587303 / 00233 243331032 call me or send me mail as soon as you receive this message if you think we can work together so that we can go over the details. Thank you in advance and May god bless you and your family.

Truly yours,
Mr. Maxwell Koja


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