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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)
  • "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: "Mathew Asare" <asare.03@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrmathewasare1@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 03:36:42 -0600
Subject: Please do not ignore this message

From Mr.: Mathew Asare
Phone: +233246224349
Email:mathewasare@accountant.com

Dear Friend,

It is indeed my pleasure and honour to write you this letter, which I
believe will be a surprise to you as we have never met before, my name is
Mr. Mathew Asare. I am the regional manager of International Commercial Bank
of Ghana Ltd Tema branch in the greater Accra region of Ghana. I got your
information on our recent bank conference with other West African countries
held in Lome the capital city of Togo in West Africa.

I write you this proposal in good faith. I have packaged a financial
transaction that will benefit you and me, as the regional manager of the
International Commercial Bank Ghana; it is my duty to give a financial
report of my branch to my head office in the capital city Accra at the end
of each business year. On the course of this 2006 business report held two
days ago, I discovered
that my branch in which I am the manager made deposit Four million Seven
hundred and
fifty thousand united state dollars ($4,750,000.00) which my head office are
not aware of it and will never be aware of it. 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 fund, so
my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this fund in your bank
account and get 30% of the total funds as commission. There are practically
no risks involved, it will be a bank-to-bank transfer, and all I need from
you is to stand and 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.

If you accept to work with me, I will appreciate it very much if you call me
on my private telephone number +233246224349 for us to go over the details.

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

Best Regards
Mr. Mathew Asare.

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