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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:
  • "huge sum of money" (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 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.
  • e-mail.victorkofi45@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: victor kofi <victorkofi45@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 13:59:31 +0100 (BST)
Subject: TRANSFER OF 10MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.


BARCLAYS BANK OF GHANA.
Address 45 close achimota road.
Head office accra ghana.
Tell: 233242 075 121.


CONFIDENCIAL.



Dear Sir.
Please you are urgently needed as a reliable and a reputable person to handle this confidential transaction, which involves transfer of huge sum of money. $10M USD, into your account.

A foreign National, the late engineer Robert derry, an oil Merchant/contractor with the Government of Ghana, until his Death two years ago in a ghastly air crash, Banked with us here in our Apex Bank,

(BARCLAYS BANK OF GHANA.) in lieu of the contract he executed for Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (G.N.P.C)
All effort made by the Ghana Commercial Bank to get in touch with any of Derris family or relatives have never to be found.

This said fund was kept safely for the transfer over to his foreign account before his death.

Now we have made every arrangement for the transfer of this fund over to a foreigners account. We now decided to transfer this funds into your account, 40% will be for you, while 60% will be left for we the officials.

So please kindly forward to us your account details, your Private phone and fax number. And the funds will be forwarded to your account without any delay.I personal Mr. paul kujo will be coming over to you for our sharing/ investment plan. Please get back as soon as possible.
E-mail.victorkofi45@yahoo.co.uk
Regards.
Managing Director
Mr.Victor Kofi.


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