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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: "Dominick Frimpong" <dom_fri1@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: dom_fri@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 00:24:45 +0000
Subject: Urgent response needed


Dear Sir,

My name is Mr. Dominick Frimpong, the regional manager of
International commercial Bank (ICB) Kaneshie Branch
Ghana.

I am a Ghanaian married with two kids.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will
benefit both of us. As the regional manager of the
bank, it’s my duty to send financial reports to my
head office in the capital city of Accra.

On the course of the last year 2005 end of the
year’s report, I discovered that my branch in which I
am the manager made Two Million Five Hundred and Fifty
Thousand US Dollars (2,550.000.00) of which my head
Office is not aware of and will never be aware of. I
have since then PLACED this fund on a SUSPENCE ACCOUNT
without a beneficiary.

As an officer of the bank, I cannot be directly
connected to this money thus I am compelled to request
for your assistance to receive this money into your
bank account.

I intend to part with 30% of this fund to you while
70% shall be for me.

I do need to assure you that there is practically no
risk involved in this. 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.

With regards,

Dominick Frimpong.

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