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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: "Mr Eric Danso" <ricdans21@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ericdanso@yahoo.com.ar
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:19:52 +0000
Subject: Massage From Mr Eric Danso

From: Mr. Eric Danso.
Phone: +233249509283

Dear Friend,

My name is Mr. Eric Danso.

I am the regional manager of Standard chartered Bank of Ghana Tamale branch
in the Northern region of Ghana. I got your contact when I was searching for
an overseas partner to assist me through banker's seminar held recently in
Madrid the capital city of Spain.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and I, as the
regional manager of the standard Chartered 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 business year.

On the course of the last two years 2005 business report, I discovered that
my branch in which I am the manager made Five million three hundred and
seventy thousand united state dollars ($5,370,000.00) which my head office
are not aware of and will never be aware of.

I have placed this funds in what we call ESCROW CALL ACCOUNT with no
beneficiary.
As the branch manager of this bank I cannot be directly connected to this
money, so my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this money in
your bank account and get 35% 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 as the original depositor of
these funds who made the deposit with my branch so that my head office
International Remittance Department can order the transfer to your
designated bank account.

I will be very appreciative if you can return to me with urgent dispatch to
enable me advise you on the modalities.

I await to receive your immediate response.

Regards,
Mr.Eric Danso.

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