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

Fraud email example:

From: "mr.nelson asante" <mr_asnelso21@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mr_asnelsonn@gawab.com
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:00:05 +0000
Subject: READ CAREFULLY

From: Mr. ASANTE NELSON
Accra, Ghana.

Good Day,

I am writing this letter in confidence believing that if it is the wish of
God for you to help me and my wife, God almighty will bless and reward you
abundantly and you
would never regret this.An international business woman who claimed to know
you well
gave your contact to me. Although I did not disclose my reason for
enquiring for security reason.

I need a honest and a trust worthy person to entrust this hugetransfer
project with. My name is Mr.ASANTE NELSON, manager of the financial
institution.
I am a Ghanaian married with four kids.I am writing to solicit your
assistance in the transfer of $4,550.000 U.S Dollars.This fund is the excess
of what my branch in which I am the manager made as profit during the 2004
financial year. I have already submitted annual report for that year to my
head office here in Accra as I have watched with keen interest as they will
never know of this excess.

I have since, placed this amount of $4,550.000 U.S Dollars on an Escrow
Coded account without a beneficiary (anonymous) to avoid trace.As an officer
of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money thus I am impelled
to request for your assistance to receive this money into your bank account
on my behalf.

I intend to part 30% of this fund to you while 70% shall be for me. I do
need to stress that there are practically no risk involved in this.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 so that the fund can be transferred to your
account.If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response to
my.
private email.....mr_asnelsonn@gawab.com

WITH REGARD
Mr. ASANTE NELSON

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