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

Fraud email example:

From: Sethe Kuffur <sethekuffur@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:30:20 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT ATTENSION


FROM: MR. SETHE KUFFUR
MANAGER (ICB)
ACCRA GHANA.
DEAR,
I MUST SOLICIT YOUR STRICTEST CONFIDENCE AND I PRAY THAT MY DECISION TO CONTACT YOU WILL BE GIVEN GENUINE APPROVAL CONSIDERING THE FACTS WE HAVE NOT KNOWN EACH OTHER BEFORE, I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU THROUGH THIS MEDIUM. THE SITUATION AT HAND IS WHAT I NEED TO DISCUSS WITH YOU.
FIRST, I WISH TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO YOU MY NAME IS MR. SETHE KUFFUR, EASTERN REGION BRANCH MANAGER OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED GHANA (ICB), IN WEST AFRICA. WHILE SEARCHING FOR A TRUST WORTHY PERSON TO ENTRUST I DECIDED TO CONTACT, CAN YOU ASSIST ME OVER MY CONCERN. I DO NOT WANT PROBLEM BUT I JUST HOPE YOU CAN ASSIST ME. I AM WRITTING THIS LETTER TO YOU IN GOOD FAITH.
IN MY BRANCH THERE'S A SUM OF TWO MILLION, EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND US DOLLARS ($2,850,000.00) WHICH WAS AN EXCESS OF PROFIT MADE BY OUR REGIONAL BRANCH OFFICE (ICB) IN THE LAST QUARTER OF THE YEAR 2005, THIS SAID AMOUNT HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY PLACED IN AN ESCROW CALL ACCOUNT AND OUR HEAD OFFICE DID NOT KNOW OF IT. NOW THAT I WANT TO RESIGN AND I NEED THIS MONEY TO BE TRANSFERRED OUTSIDE MY COUNTRY BEFORE MY RESIGNATION TO COME OVER.

CAN I REALLY TRUST YOU TO HOLD THIS MONEY FOR ME UNTIL I MY ARRIVAL IN YOUR COUNTRY TO PICK IT UP MYSELF. IN GOOD FAITH WILL I OFFER YOU 30% AS YOUR COMMISSION THEN 70% WILL REMAIN FOR ME. IF YOU ACCEPT KINDLY CONTACT ME WITHOUT DELAY, IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT PLEASE MAINTAIN MY SECRET?
ALL I NEED IS YOUR ASSISTANT, IF YOU HAVE A GOOD ACCOUNT WHERE THIS MONEY WILL BE TRANSFER INTO. I WILL DISCRETELY GIVE YOU ALL THE INFORMATION NEEDED FOR IMMEDIATE TRANSFER. THERE IS PRACTICALLY NO RISK INVOLVED, IT WILL BE A BANK TO BANK SWIFT TRANSFER. I AM STILL IN THE OFFICE TO SEE THAT WE HAVE THIS MONEY BEFORE MY RESIGNATION. I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND MY SITUATION. ENCLOSE WITH YOUR CONTACT FOR MORE DETAILS.
YOURS TRULY,
MR. SETHE KUFFUR
sethekuffur@yahoo.com

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