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

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr Raymond" <inquire_46@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: roymond_ck@gawab.com
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:52:01 +0000
Subject: IN GOOD FAITH

From: Dr. Raymond Kokou.
Accra, Ghana.

Hello:

Forgive my indignation if this message comes to you as a surprise
and may offend your personality for contacting you without your
prior consent and writing through this unofficial channel.

I got your during my search for a reliable,honest and a trust worthy
person to entrust this huge transfer project with.In a brief
introduction. My name is Dr. Raymond Kokou,manager of the financial
institution. I am a Ghanaian married with four kids. I am writing to
solicit your assistance in the transfer of $4,550.000.00 million U.S
dollars only,equivalent to 2.5 million pounds.

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 $4,550.000.00 million 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 address
(roymond_ck@gawab.com).

With Regards,

Dr. Raymond Kokou.

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