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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. Kenneth Kofi" <kennethk@tsamail.co.za> (may be fake)
Reply-To: keneth_kofi2@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:07:59 -0800
Subject: From Mr. Kenneth Kofi


From: The manager
International Commercial Bank,
Kaneshie Branch Accra-Ghana Telephone; + 233-244-023130 Dear Sir, I got your contact during my search for a reliable, trust worthy and honest person to introduce this transfer project with. My name is Mr. Kenneth Kofi I am the manager of the international commercial bank of
Ghana, first light branch Accra. I am a Ghanaian married with two kids. I am writing to solicit your assistance in the noble transfer of US$2.500.000.00. This fund is the excess gain of what my branch in which I am the manager made as profit during last year. I have already submitted an approved end of last year report for the year 2005 and also preparing to the report of first quarter of this year 2006 by March to my Head Office here in Accra and they will never have knowledge of this Excess gain. I have since then, placed this amount of US$2.500.000.00 on a SUSPENCE ACCOUNT without a beneficiary. As an employee 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. as it must be bank to bank transfer and will be made to your chosen bank account. I intend to part 35% of this fund to you while 65% shall be for me. I do need to stress that the!
re is practically no risk involved in this transaction. It
is going to be a bank-to-bank transfer and the transfer will last just for two weeks. 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,
Kenneth Kofi

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