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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Douglas Owen" <douglas25@mail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: dowen1@myway.com
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 08:16:46 +0100
Subject: From Douglas Owen

Dear Friend ,
I am Douglas Owen the Branch manager of International
Commercial Bank , Takroadi Branch in Ghana West Africa.
I am a Ghanaian by birth. Although you may have
known or seen me for the first time, I implore you
to go through this proposal objectively as it is
going to be of immense help to both of us. I have
packaged a financial transaction that will benefit
both of us. As the branch 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 that just ended Financial report,
I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager,
made excess profit, I decided to place part of the
undetected money in an escrow account of which my head
office is not aware of and will never be aware of it .
In fact, I have PLACED this fund in an ESCROW CALL ACCOUNT without a beneficiary. As the branch manager of the bank,
I cannot be directly connected to this Money thus,
I decided to request for your assistance to receive
this money into your bank account. For your acceptance,
I intend to part 50% of the total sum to you while am my accountant etc take 50%. you responsibility will be
to assist me move the fund to your country. I need
to assure you that there are no risks involved in
this Business. It’s going to be a Bank-to-Bank
transfer.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 and then we shall discuss
on how you Will keep our share. I have done the necessary
home work for the success of this business. I will also
give you all the required details about the transaction
and the amount involved. I await your response if you
accept the proposal.

kind regards,

Douglas Owen.

Telephone..+233-28-8228858

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