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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: "Ansah David" <ansahdavid2@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ansahdavid@myway.com
Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 16:48:34 +0100
Subject: My package


International Commercial Bank (ICB),
Tema Branch Ghana.

Dear Sir,
I am so very sorry if I pried into your privacy.My name is
Mr.AnsahDavid,the Regional Manager of International Commercial Bank,
Tema Branch
Ghana. I am a Ghanaian by birth,42 years of age,Married with two children. I
have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us. As the
Regional Manager of the bank, it is my duty to send financial reports to my
head office in the capital city of Accra Ghana.

On the course of the last year 2005 end of the year's report, I discovered
that my branch made an over excess undiscovered fund of Six Million,Five
Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars ($6,550,000,00.) of which my head
office is not aware of and will never be aware of it.

I have since then PLACED this fund in an ESCROW CALL ACCOUNT without a
beneficiary.

As the Regional Manager 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.

I intend to part 50% of this fund to you while 50% shall be for me.I do need
to assure you that there is no risk involved in this business it's going to
be a Bank-to-Bank transfer(TT).

All I need from you is to stand and represent yourself as the original
depositor of this fund in my bank. If you accept this offer, I will
appreciate your timely response and then we shall discuss on how you will
keep my share pending my arrival to your country.

With regards,
Mr.Ansah David
Regional Manager ICB

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