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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 about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "huge deposit" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money)
• This email message is a next of kin 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.
  • koffimensah@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • koffimensah@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "peter Kwame" <josephadams_nfa001@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: koffi.mensah@personal.ro
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:11:05 +0000
Subject: From : Koffi Peter

From : Koffi Peter
Email: koffimensah@yahoo.com
Address :3 Bamifosi Road
LOCALDOM, ACCRA- GHANA
Tel: +233-24 287 4612
PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL

Good Day,

It is a pleasure meeting you at last for i have waited for this golden
moment. I am Lawyer Koffi Mensah an advocate and Solicitor. I am the
personal Attorney to Mr. Edward. E Smith, a foreigner, who used to work with
Gold Company here in Accra- Ghana. Tuesday, 30 November 2004 , my client,
his wife and their Two children were involved in a car accident Along Mfensi
on the Kumasi–Sunyani road Ghana. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately
lost their lives. Here is the Link for your perusal

http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=70778

My late client died in a fatal accident on 30 November 2004 and was buried
at the state cemetery Ghana. And My late client has an account in a bank in
here in Accra-Ghana with a credit balance of Fourty million ,six hundred
thousand dollars ($40.600,000),which has been dormant for a very long time
and you know that i can not claim this money that is why i need a foreigner
to be as a Next Of kin of this Money. All efforts to contact the named
beneficiary to late Mr. Edward. E Smith,with the supplied information proved
futile.My good friend , i am contacting you because i want you to claim this
money with me, assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client
before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this
huge deposit were lodged.

Here in my office i will arrange all necessary legal documents that can be
used to back up this claim and i will like your seriousness on this mail,
you can aswell mail through my personal mail address too
koffimensah@yahoo.com I will need your full support in this regards, this is
why i will need your Full name and your personal phone Number so that we can
have phone conversation to enable me to explained you more about this
transaction or call me on my direct mobile number now on +233-24 287 4612

Thanks,

Koffi Peter

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