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

Fraud email example:

From: joe kufor <joekufor215@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <joekufor3@myway.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:33:00 -0400
Subject: FROM JOE KUFOR



Hi,Pardon me for not having the pleasure of knowing your mindset before making you this offer and it is utterly confidential and genuine by virtue of its nature.I write to solicit your assistance in a funds transfer deal involving US$ 3.5M.i wish to inform you that every year around the world, millions of dollars become lost when banks, governmental agencies and companies lose track of money they are holding due to mistakes in the spelling of names, address and account numbers.(you can verify this information from any reputable banker around you) i have discovered such fund in my bank which has been stashed out and called excess profit by my branch office the International Commercial Bank of Ghana . I have already submitted an approved end of the year report for the year 2005 to my head office here in Accra-Ghana and they will never know of the existence of this fund because i did not mention it in my report. I have equally taken steps to place this amount on a Non-Investment Account without a beneficiary.all i need now is your cooperation to stand in as the depositor of this fund,Upon your response, I will configure your name on our database as holder of this Non-Investment Account. I will then guide you on how to apply to my head office for the Account Closure/ bank-to-bank remittance of the funds to your designated bank account.If you accept this proposal, I intend to offer you 30% of the funds for your assistance while 70% shall be for me.Kindly forward your response to: joekufor@myway.com With Regards,Joe Kufor
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