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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • oj_jonhson@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Jude Johnson Koroma" <oj_koroma_icbgh@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: oj_jonhson@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:09:00 +0000
Subject: Transfer Fund Proposal

From the Desk of Mr.Jude Jonhson Koroma
Auditor General,International
Commercial Bank
Takoradi Ghana.

Dear friend,
First I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue
of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. But I am
assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. I have decided to
contact you due to the urgency of this transaction, as I wish to rely on
your discreteness and ability in transaction of this nature. Let me start by
introduce my self properly to you, My name is Mr.Jude Jonhson Koroma, I am
the regional Auditor General of the International Commercial Bank Limited
Ghana. I am 45years of age and married with 3 lovely kids.I only hope we can
assist each other.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as the
regional Auditor General of the International Commercial 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 year. On the course of the just finished last year 2006 end
of year anual Auditing, I discovered that an excess profit of Twelve million
five hundred and fifty thousand dollars[US$12,550,000.00] which my head
office are not aware of and will never be aware of. I have then immediately
place this fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary.

As an officer of the bank I can not be directly connected to this money,
this is why I'm contacting you for us to work so that you can assist and
receive this money into your bank account for us to SHARE. The sharing of
the fund are thus: 45% for you 45% for me and the remaining 10% for any Tax
or Vat expenses incurred in this transaction. Note that there are
practically no risks involved in this transaction as it is 100% risk free
and legally bonded, it will be bank to bank transfer, all I need from you is
to stand claim as the original depositor of this fund who made the deposit
with Takoradi branch so that my Head office can order the transfer to your
designated bank account. If you accept this offer to work with me, If you
find this proposal suitable for you do furnish me with the following
information.

Your full Name and Contact Address, Your private telephone Number Your Age
Your Occupation and Position. I will appreciate it very much, If this
proposal is acceptable by you.Please do not make undue advantage of the
trust I have bestowed on you, and I assure you we can achieve it
successfully.

Best regards,
Mr Jude Johnson Koroma,
Private Email oj_jonhson@yahoo.co.uk
00233 276941721

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