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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Finance House <intcommercialbnkgh233@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:17:26 +0100 (BST)
Subject: IMMEDIATE WIRE TRANSFER





INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED
HIGH STREET, ACCRA-GHANA
PLOT BN/420, LA.
P.O.BOX 7946
TEL/FAX:233-243264523.

FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT

Our Ref: I C B/ DE/01/04 Date: 28 / 06/ 06


ATTENTION:



Dear Sir,

Be informed that we have received a Payment Release Order of US$35,000,000.00 (Thirty Five Million Dollars only.) from Security Company here in Accra, Ghana for immediate wire transfer to your nominated receiving bank account. In accordance with the new cross border Payment System of the ECO-ZONE, you are required to make available the following:


You shall reconfirm your full contact details to avoid wrong transaction during the transferring of the fund. As soon as we received this information we shall proceed on the approval immediately on processing of the release of your fund.

On the receipt of this information, we shall execute your payment release order with dispatch.

Regards,

MR. JOSEPH ANKAMA
Foreign Remittance Deparment





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