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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • moh_alih@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • moh_alih@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mohamede alih <moh_alih@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mohammedali4mh@netscape.net
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 06:05:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED!!


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: moh_alih@yahoo.com

FROM THE DESK OF.THE REGIONAL

MANAGER Mr.MUHAMMED ALI,

Phone: +233-243-561488

Fax: +233 27 621073

Email:moh_alih@yahoo.com


CONFIDENTIAL,


My name is Mr. MUHAMMED ALI, I am the regional manager bank of Ghana takoradi branch in the western region of Ghana. I write you this proposal in good faith;I am 45 years old married with two lovely kids. I am a devoted Christian and a man of peace.I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and I,as the reginal manager of a bank it is my duty to send in a financial report to

my head office in the capital city Accra at the end of each financial year. On the course of the last year 2005 business report, I discovered that my branch in which Iam the manager made fifteen million eight hundred and fifty thousand unitedstate dollars ($15,850,000.00) which my head office is not aware of and will never be aware of. I have placed this funds on what we call escrow call account with no beneficiary.

As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected to this money,so my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this money in your bank account and get 25% of the total funds as c- ommission. There are practically no risks involved, the transaction will be executed underarrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law, it will be simply bank to bank transfer,and all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of these fund, with my branch so that my head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account in afew working days.

If you accept my propsal Iwill appreciate it very much as you are the firstand the only person I am contacting for this transaction. you can rich me on his phone number ( + 233-243-561-488) call me or send me a mail as soon asou receive this message.so that we can go over to the details.


Thanking you in anticipation


May God bless you and your family.


Yours truly


Mr.MUHAMMED ALI,

- mohamede alih

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