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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:
  • "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "30% for you " (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • mrphilipsmensah1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: philips mensah <philipsmensah01@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 10:06:03 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: YOUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED.


ATTENTION: VICTIM-FULLNAME,

Compliment of the season and a happy fulfilled year,Though i do not know you in person rather i got your contact from a reliable source during my serious search for a reliable partner who is not going to dissappoint me after the successful and final conclusion of this transaction.May be you have recieve this kind of business proposal from Africa before may be you have not but what ever i am pleased to contact you for this strictly bank to bank transfer assistance.

My name is Philips Mensah,i am the regional account Auditor of one of the prominent bank here in Ghana west africa (International Commercial Bank Ghana).

It may interest you to know that i have package a 100% risk free finacial transaction of $2.5million us dollars that will benefit both of us. This fund emanated from the balance fund of Late Engr Edwards Smith a Gold merchant and minner as well and as a matter of fact he is one of our noble customer who suddenly died in a minning site as a result of minning mishap which occur during one of his minning engagement in Mexico recently.As the Auditor general of my bank i discovered that
the account has no next of kin.

So right now i only need you to work with me in honesty and sincererity by standing as my foreign partner so that i will feed you with the necessary information so that you can contact my bank as the next of kin to this account by providing a safe foreign bank account so that my bank can release and transfer this fund into your nominated safe foreign bank account. all you have to do is to follow my directives, while afterwards, we will part the money according to an agreed percentage.precisely 30% for you and 60% for me.Then the out standing 10% set aside will be used to reinbose any expenses which might occur during the course
of the transaction.

However,I will appreciate your quick response for detailed information on
how we can achieve this successfully and to avoid further contacts as
well .so that we can be able to conclude this noble transaction within
the shorttest time as soon as you indicate your interest to work with
me.

I anticipate your urgent response, thanks and God bless you.

Note: my yahoo email address below:

mrphilipsmensah1@yahoo.com

Best regards,

Mr Philips Mensah.



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