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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.
• 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.
  • douglasboateng_reservebureau@gawab.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR.DOUGLAS BOATENG" <douglasboateng@latinmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: douglasboateng_reservebureau@gawab.com
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 08:46:22 +0000
Subject: URGENT MUTUAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP.

From: Mr. Douglas Boateng
The Branch Manager
Eco Reserve Bureau Resource Bank LTD
Achimota - Private Banking Section
Accra, Ghana.
ALTERNATIVE:douglasboateng_reservebureau@gawab.com
PHONE:00233-242-105-057
Attn :

I GOT YOUR INFORMATION IN A PROFESSIONAL DATABASE WHEN I WAS SEARCHING THROUGH INTERNET FOR A RELIABLE, HONEST AND TRUSTWORTHY PERSON TO ENTRUST THIS BUSINESS WITH. I WAS SIMPLY INSPIRED AND MOTIVATED TO PICK YOUR CONTACT FROM THE MANY NAMES IN THE LIST OF THE DIRECTORY.

AFTER MY VIEW AND YOUR PROFILE, I WAS VERY MUCH SATISFIED AND DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU IMMEDIATELY FOR THIS MUTUAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP.

My name is Mr.Douglas Boateng, manager of the above named financial institution.I am a Ghanaian married with two kids. I am writing to solicit your assistance in the transfer of $4,550.000 U.S Dollars.

This fund is the excess of what my branch in which I am the manager made as profit during the 2004 financial year. I have already submitted annual report for that year to my head office here in Accra as I have watched with keen interest as they will never know of this excess.

I have since, placed this amount of $4,550.000 U.S Dollars on an Escrow Coded account without a beneficiary (anonymous) to avoid trace.

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 on my behalf.

I intend to part 30% of this fund to you while 70% shall be for me. I do need to stress that there are practically no risk involved in this. It's going to be a bank-to-bank transfer. All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of this fund so that the fund can be transferred to your account.

If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response to my private:douglasboateng_reservebureau@gawab.com

With Regards,

Mr. Douglas Boateng.

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