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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)
  • "keep it confidential" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
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Fraud email example:

From: "David Ackah" <david_ackah96@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: david_ackah01@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:56:50 +0000
Subject: I will need your urgent reply

Dear Friend

After reading this message, if you are interested to be my partner please
reply me if you are not, please delete it and still keep it confidential for
me.

I am the branch manager of the of International Commercial Bank Kumasi
Ghana, West Africa.

During our last auditing I discovered a monumental fraud committed by two of
our directors who channeled over US$85 Million to their private account in
the same bank, therefore generating interest to their selves with out the
knowledge of the bank management. In other not to expose this act, I was
offered US$18.1 Million as gratification. I accepted the offer. This is why
I contacted you for the transfer of the funds to your country.

WHAT I NEED FROM YOU:

I need you to provide a bank account in your country where these funds will
be transferred. You are also to open a bank account with our HEAD OFFICE.
This will help me to remit the funds from my branch into your account with
our Head Office for transfer into your oversea bank account.

That is why I contacted you. I am still working in the bank. I do not want
to get directly involved to avoid suspicion.

As soon as the funds are in your bank account in your country, I will come
over to meet you for us to share, 35% for you and 60 for me and 5% for any
expenses both of us made.

Please my good friend; we have to be sincere to ourselves. I am sure that by
next week we will have good money to take care of our families and start
good investments. I promise not to disappoint you and I expect the same from
you.

Please keep this business confidential between us. It will not be good for
any one to know the source we made the money. Also you know I am still
working in the bank. If our bank knows about this business, I will loose my
job and we will loose the money as well. So keep everything secret between
us until we transfer the funds to your country.

Thank you and God bless us.

David Ackah

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