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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a orphan scam.
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • danicdance1004@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Daniel Annor Danquah <daicdace1004@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 12:12:48 +0100
Subject: GH.





FROM:DANIEL. A DANQUAH
PLOT 15 WEST-LAGON,
ACHIMOTA.ACCRA SOUTH,
ACCRA, GHANA
TEL+233244792776
Email:danicdance1004@yahoo.com

Sir ,
PERMIT ME TO INFORM YOU OF MY DESIRE OF GOING INTO BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU.
I GOT YOUR NAME AND CONTACT FROM THE GHANIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND
INDUSTRY. I PRAYED OVER IT AND SELECTED YOUR NAME AMONG OTHER NAMES DUE TO IT'S
ESTEEMING NATURE AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS GIVEN TO ME AS A REPUTABLE AND
TRUSTWORTHY PERSON I CAN DO BUSINESS WITH AND BY THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS I MUST NOT
HESISTATE TO CONFIDE IN YOU FOR THIS SIMPLE AND SINCERE BUSINESS.

I AM MR DANIEL. A DANQUAH, THE ONLY CHILD OF LATE MR & MRS. DANQUAH ANNOR, MY
FATHER WAS A VERY WEALTHY COCOA MERCHANT BASED IN ACCRA, THE ECONOMIC CAPITAL OF
GHANA, BEFORE HE WAS POISONED TO DEATH BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES, MY FATHER TOOK
ME SO SPECIAL BECAUSE I AM MOTHERLESS CHILD. I LOST MY MOTHER ON 1ST OCTOBER
1989.
FURTHER MORE, BECAUSE OF THE LOVE MY FATHER HAD FOR ME, BEFORE HIS DEATH ON 29TH
JUNE 2001 IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL HERE IN ACCRA. HE SECRETLY CALLED ME ON HIS
BEDSIDE AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAS A SUM OF US$7,500,000 (SEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND, UNITED STATES DOLLARS) LEFT IN A LOCAL BANK HERE IN ACCRA, THAT HE
USED MY NAME AS HIS ONLY SON FOR THE NEXT OF KIN IN DEPOSIT OF THE FUND. HE TOLD ME
THAT I SHOULD SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER IN A COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE WHERE I
WILL TRANSFER THIS MONEY AND USE IT FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE.

DEAR, I AM HONOURABLY SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE
FOLLOWING WAYS.
1) TO PROVIDE A BANK ACCOUNT WHERE THIS MONEY WOULD BE
TRANSFERRED
2) TO SERVE AS THE GUARDIAN OF THIS FUND SINCE I AM A
BOY OF 26 YEARS
3) TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR ME TO COME OVER TO YOUR
COUNTRY AFTER THE MONEY HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED.
MOREOVER,I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU 20% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS COMPENSATION FOR YOUR
EFFORT/INPUT AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOUR NORMINATED
ACCOUNT OVERSEAS.

ANTICIPATING HEARING FROM YOU SOON;
THANKS AND GOD BLESS
DANIEL. A DANQUAH
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