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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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• 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)
  • "a reliable and reputable person to handle this" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "there are practically no risks 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: "mr felix odege" <felxodege3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: felxodege@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 12:09:16 +0000
Subject: I NEED YOUR TRUST

>From the Desk of Mr. Felix Odege,
Manager, International Commercial Bank,
Takoradi Ghana.

Dear Friend,

I hope this may not constitute sort of
embarrassment to you, first I must solicit your
confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue of
its nature as being utterly confidential and top
secret. But I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day.

I have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction, as I
wish to rely on your discreteness and ability in transaction of this nature.
Let me start by introduce my self properly to you, My name is Mr. Felix
Odege,I am the regional bank manager of the International Commercial Bank of
Ghana.

I came to know you in my Private Search for a
reliable and reputable person to handle this
Confidential Transaction. I am 44years of age and
married with 3 lovely kids. It may interest you to
hear that I am a man of PEACE and INTERGRITY; I only hope we can assist each
other.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as
the regional Auditor General of the International Commercial 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 year. On the course of the year 2004 end of year
report, I discovered that an excess profit of four million five hundred and
fifty thousand dollars[US Dollars 4,550,000.00] which my head
office are not aware of and will never be aware of. I have since place this
fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary.

As an officer of the bank I can not be directly
connected to this money, this is why I.m contacting you for us to work so
that you can assist and receive this money into your bank account for us to
SHARE.

The sharing of the fund are thus: 45% for you 45% for me and the remaining
10% for any Tax or Vat expenses incurred in this transaction. Note that
there are practically no risks involved in this transaction as it is 100%
risk free and legally bonded, it will be bank to bank transfer, all I need
from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of this fund who made
the deposit with Takoradi branch so that my Head office can order the
transfer to your designated bank account. If you accept this offer to work
with me, If you find this proposal suitable for you do furnish me with the
following information, Your full Name and Contact Address, Your private
telephone Number Your Age Your Occupation and Position. I will appreciate it
very much, If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not make undue
advantage of the trust I have bestowed on you, and I assure you we can
achieve it successfully.


Best regards,
Mr.Felix Odege

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