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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:
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: lawrence donkoh <lawrencew71@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <larensswraecd2007@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:39:00 +0000
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE




>From The Manager,Eco Bank Ghana Ltd.Ring road BranchAccra, Ghana.+233-24-309850 Hello Dear I got your contact during my search on the Internetfor a reliable person to entrust this transaction.My name is Lawrence Donkoh. I am the assistant manager of theEco Bank Ghana Ltd. I amwriting to solicit your assistance in the transfer ofUS$ 15,000,000. This fund is the excess of what my branch in which Iam the assistant manger made as profit during the last year. Ihave already submitted an approved End of the Yearreport for the year 2003 to my Head Office here inAccra and they will never know of this Excess. I have since then, placed this amount of US$15,000,000 on a SUSPENCE ACCOUNT without abeneficiary. As an officer of the bank, I cannot bedirectly connected to this money thus I am impelled torequest for your assistance to receive this money intoyour bank account. I intend to part 30% of this fund to you while 70%shall be for me. I do need to stress that there arepractically no risk involved in this. It's going to bea bank-to-bank transfer. All I need from you is to stand as the originaldepositor of this fund. If you accept this offer, Iwill appreciate your timely response.
With regards,Dr.Lawrence Donkoh.


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