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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:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "route de rufisque"
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Samel Prosper" <samel@ebs.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: samelprosper@myway.com
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 02:23:51 -1200
Subject: Just for us

Ecobank Senegal (EBS),
(Agence Thiaroye)Thiaroye Branch .
Km 15 Route de Rufisque Senegal.

Dear Sir/Madam,
I am so very sorry if I pried into your privacy.My name is Mrs.Samel Prosper,the Regional Manager of Ecobank Senegal,Thiaroye Branch Senegal.I am a Senegalese by birth,38 years of age,Single Mother of two children. I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us. As the Regional Manager of this branch, it is my duty to send financial reports to my head office in the capital city of Dakar,Senegal.

On the course of the last year end of the year's report, I discovered that my branch made an over excess undiscovered fund of Four Million,Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars (US$4,500,000,00.) 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 here without a beneficiary.

As the Regional Manager of this branch, 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 40% of this fund to you while 60% 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 present yourself as the original depositor of this fund in my branch. 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,
Mrs.Samel Prosper
Regional Manager
Ecobank,Thiaroye Branch Senegal(EBS).

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