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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "there are practically no risks involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • bar_uk2006@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barnabas Ukwuoma" <barruk3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: bar_uk2006@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 15:57:09 +0000
Subject: Reply Timely

FROM THE DESK OF MR.Barnabas Ukwuoma

Dear Friend,

My name is Mr. Barnabas Ukwuoma I am the regional manager of International
comercial bank of Ghana takoradi branch in the western region of Ghana. I
write you this proposal in good faith, I am 42 years old married with two
lovely kids. I am a devoted Christian and a man of peace.I have packaged a
financial transaction that will benefit you and I, as the regional manager
of the ICB bank it is my duty to send in a financial report to my head
office in the capital city Accra at the end of each business year.

On the course of t he last year 2004 business report,I discovered that my
branch in which I am the manager made five million eight hundred and fifty
thousand united state dollars ($5,850,000.00) which my head office is not
aware of and will never be aware of. I have placed this funds on what we
call escrow call account with no beneficiary. As an officer of this bank I
cannot be directly connected to this money, so my aim of contacting you is
to assist me receive this money in your bank account and get 20% of the
total funds as commission.

There are practically no risks involved, the transaction will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law,it will be simply a bank-to-bank transfer, and all I need from you is to
stand claim as the original depositor of these funds who made the deposit
with my branch so that my head office can order the transfer to your
designated bank account under few working days. If you accept to work with
me I will appreciate it very much as you are the first and the only person I
am contacting for this transaction.

if you think we can work together so that i will forward you the details .

Thank you in advance and May god bless you and your family.

Yours truly
Mr. Barnabas Ukwuoma
Alternative Email:bar_uk2006@yahoo.com

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