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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:
  • "it will be a bank to bank transfer" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "contact me immediately" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • emma55e@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "emmanuel" <emma55e@excite.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 15:50:16 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Good Day.










FROM MR. EMMANUEL OSEI.TEL:+233-24-4869763E-MAIL:emma55e@excite.comGREETING'sMY NAME IS MR.EMMANUEL OSEI. I AM THE REGIONAL ASSISTANT MANAGER OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK(icb) ,KANESHEI BRANCH IN THE WESTERN REGION OF GHANA,I WRITE YOU THIS PROPOSAL IN GOOD FAITH ,I AM 45 YEARS OLD MARRIED WITH FOUR LOVELY KIDS.MY MANAGER AND I HAVE PARKAGED A FINANCIAL TRANSATION THAT WILL BENEFIT YOU AND US .AS THE REGIONAL ASSISTANT MANAGER OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK (icb), IT IS THE MANAGER AND I DUTY TO SEND IN A FINANCAIL REPORT ,TO OUR HEAD OFFICE IN THE CAPITAL CITY ACCRA. AT THE END OF EACH BUSINESS YEAR..ON THE COURSE OF LAST YEAR 2005 BUSINESS REPORT,WE DISCOVERED THAT OUR BRANCH IN WHICH I AM THE ASSISTANT MANAGER MADE TWO MILLION SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND US DOLLARS [$2,620,000].WHICH OUR HEAD OFFICE IS NOT AWARE OF .AND WILL NEVER EVER BE AWARE..I HAVE PLACED THIS FUND ON WHAT WE CALLED[ESCROW CALL ACCOUNT].WITH NO BENEFICIARY.AS AN OFFICER OF THIS BANK WE
CANNOT BE DIRESTLY CONNECTED TO THIS MONEY, SO OUR AIM OF CONTACTING YOU IS TO ASSIST US RECEVICE THIS MONEY IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AND GET 30% OF THE TOTAL FUND AS COMMISSION..THERE ARE PRACTICALLY NO RISK INVOLVED, IT WILL BE A BANK TO BANK TRANSFER,ALL WE NEED FORM YOU IS TO STAND CLAIM AS THE ORIGINAL DEPOSITOR OF THIS FUND ,WHO MADE THE DEPOSIT WITH OUR BRANCH. SO THAT OUR HEAD OFFICE CAN ORDER THE TRANSFER TO YOUR DESIGNATED BANK ACCOUNT.PLASEA ENDEAVOUR TO CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY.MY PRIVATE PHONE NUMBER IS(+233-24-4869763),CALL ME IF YOU THINK WE CAN WORK TOGETHER.OR E-MAIL(emma55e@excite.com)WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE INTERRESTED IN THIS TRANSFER... IF YOU ACCEPT TO WORK WITH ME ,I WILL APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH...THANKS YOU IN ADVANCE AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.WE WAIT IN ANTICIPATION OF YOUR FULLEST CO-OPERATION.YOURS FAITHFULLY,MR.EMMANUEL OSEI.



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