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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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Fraud email example:

From: anita sentia <sentia_anita_205@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 06:38:24 -0800 (PST)
Subject: urgent


Regional Manager
International Commercial Bank of Ghana,
Takoradi Branch.
MRS ANITA SENTIA(Banker)I got your contact through United Nation office bank informations center in Accra the regional manager of International Commercial Bank Takoradi Branch Ghana. it is my duty to send financial reports next week to my head office in the capital city of Accra Ghana. On the course of the last year 2005 end of the year's auditoring reports, I recovered in office account files possiton Five Million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars ($5,500,000.00 US) of which my head office is not aware since after the auditoring and with good faith of assurance the head ofice will never be aware of it. Whence I have placed this fund in an Escrow call account no: 0661818092 without a beneficiary now
l have a plans comimg month to start up private investment whence my name is amoung the list for retirement next year december ending(l am 49 years) there was miscalculation of money in my Department and how it happens I don’t know, the Boards of ICB Ltd decided that I will pay the money because I am the Manager of the branch and they decided that they will be deducting money from my salary every month until the money is complete. This is my reason for doing this business now.
As the regional manager of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to retrived this money into yours bank account.No matter the cost, let me hears from you l will agree to offer you 25% (part)of the total fund to you if you can keep my trust 75% shall be for me and two other officers in my branch who will assist me register and move the fund to yours account. I do need to assure you that there is no risk involved to tis fund. It’s going to be a bank-to-bank transfer. All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of this fund.Then approval will be given immediately to transfer the fund to you as the depositor.
If you accept this 25% offer, I will appreciate your timely response because i want to get this fund out from my bank immediately. please reach me with good faith on private
With regards may God Bless us,
MRS ANITA SENTIA.

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