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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • officemail2k@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Kofi William" <tgtfrd10@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: officemail2k@netscape.net
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:38:22 +0000
Subject: Timely Response...

Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Kofi William, 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 2004 end of the of the year’s report, I trade
with a deposit amount of Twenty Six Million Five Hundred and Eighty Thousand
US Dollars (26,580.000.00) that was deposited by W.H.O for contract of Food,
Drug for the United Nation of which my head Office is not aware of and will
never be aware and which i made a profit of Two Million Five Hundred and
Fifty Five Thousand Dollars ($2,550.000.00). 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 becuase my government knows how much i earn monthly and
will discharge me from duty if they should notice my dealing with a
deposited fund in my branch.

I intend to part with 25% of this fund to you while 70% shall be for me
while 5% for any expences upfront the transfer. 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 which i only need to back date your name in the file
here and make you the depositor of the fund. Before anything you must
promise me that i have your royality and assurance that my share will be
kept safely upon my arrival in your country. Please miantain confodentiality
of this letter for security reason. Update me with your information as
stated below

Tel and Fax Number.
Full Name:
Contact Address:

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,
Kofi William.
Tel: +233243262046
Email: officemail2k@netscape.net

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