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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: syril mensah <mr.syrilmensah@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <syril_private@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:50:12 +0000
Subject: HELLO DEAR.


From: The Auditor General,

Dear Sir/ma,

How are you my prospective friend?. As i pressume that you are fine which is the most important thing first.

Please kindly accept this mail in good faith since we have never met before. Though i am contacting you in this noble transaction for the benefit of the two of us. Since i do not want this money to be diverted into the Bank treasury or into the Bank directors personal Account.

For a brief introduction,I am Mr.Syril Mensah ,The Auditor general of my Bank and i wish to inform you that I have a proposal for you, this however is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honour it against your will.

I am 45yrs old From Accra Ghana West Africa, and i am banker working with (one of the African leading banks in the West Coast , name withheld for some security reason until i ascertain your willingness to work with me.) Here in this bank existed a dormant account for the past 8 years which belong to Mr.Raymond Becks an American nationale who is now late. Mr. Raymond Becks is one of our numerious customers who died along side with the wife on Egypt Air Flight 990 confirmable from the below website:

( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm )

During the routine fiscal Auditing I discovered that there had been no deposits nor withdrawals from this account for this long period, I decided to carry out a system investigation and discovered that non of the family members nor relatives of the late person is aware of this account because he did not attarched any Next of Kin in his file during the deposit.

This is the story in a nutshell.

Now I want an honest person who i can present as the beneficiary to this bank once you provide an account overseas where the bank will transfer this funds. Thereafter, I had planned to destroy all related documents for this account as soon as you recieve this Fund into your norminated foreign bank account overseas.

It is a careful network and for the past eleven months I have worked out everything to ensure a hitch-free operation. The amount is not so much at the moment plus all the accumulated interest the balance in this account stands at USD$ 8.5million .

Now the important questions are:-

1. Can you handle this transaction ?

2. Can we carry out this with trust ?

3. Can you work with me as partners for the expenses?

4. Can you accept 30% of the total sum as compasation after the transfer ?.

Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible.

Finally, it is my humble prayer that the information as contained herein be accorded the necessary attention, urgency as well as the secrecy it deserves.

I expect your urgent response if you can handle this project.

I HUMBLY REQUEST THAT YOU FORWARD TO ME THE FOLLOWING:-

1) Your Full Name:........

2) Your direct Contact tel.number

3) Nationality:.........

NOTE :that there is practically no risk involved, All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through within the shorttest while as soon as you indicate your interest to work with me.

Pls include your direct tel.phone number because it is important to discuss briefly via telephone.

I will wait to your urgent response as soon as you read this mail .

Respectfully yours,

Mr.Syril Mensah.


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