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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: john kofi <john48_kofi@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: johnkofi@mail.ru
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 03:56:34 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Waiting for your urgent reply


My Dear ,
Thanks for your mail which i have noted well.This is real ? and is Not a scam.
There is no problem or risk involved in the transaction,as a senior banker and manager i will handle everything perfectly and accordingly.

This fund is the excess of what my branch in which I am the manger made as profit during the last year. I have already submitted an approved End of the Year report for the year 2005 to my Head Office here in Accra Ghana and they will never know of this Excess. I have since then, placed this amount of US$ 4,550.000.000 on a SUSPENCE ACCOUNT without a beneficiary.Please i want you to stand as the beneficiary of this fund.

As an officer 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.
All i need from your side is for you to be trustworthy and I will need your address, telephone and fax number .
I will also need your banking account particulars,so that the fund will be transferred to you immediately.

I will like to know areas of businesses in your country which i can invest my own part of the fund,you will manage my own part of fund on my behalf for five years.
You will receive 30% as commission from the total fund.
You will also be receiving 30% as commission on the profit
made from any investment we embark on with my own part of
the fund.
I will be waiting to hear from you immediately or Please You can call me on this
line for more details.
Tel: 00233-243-945-250
Have a nice day.
My Regards
Mr John Kofi

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