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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "DR.DAVID MENSAH" <davidmensah8695@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: davidmensah022@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 13:06:09 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: VERY URGENT


FROM THE DESK OF DR.DAVID MENSAH
DEPUTY DIVISIONAL HEAD BANK OF GHANA
ICON HOUSE,ACCRA GHANA

I AM DR.DAVID MENSAH, DEPUTY DIVISIONAL HEAD WITH THE BANK
OF GHANA. I WAS PERSONAL ACCOUNT MANAGER TO ONE LATE
ENGINEER BERNARD OF YOUR COUNTRY,WHO TILL HIS DEATH WAS A
CONTRACTOR WITH ASHANTI GOLDFIELDS CO. LTD ACCRA GHANA.

ON THE 28TH OF NOVEMBER 2004, ENGR. BERNARD, HIS WIFE AND
THEIR TWO CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT ALONG
TEMA ACCRA EXPRESS WAY AND ALL OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE
UNFORTUNATELY LOST THEIR LIVES. AT THE TIME OF HIS
DEATH,BERNARD HAD A DEPOSIT OF $20.5MILLION, WHICH WAS
PROCEED OF A CONTRACT WORK HE JUST CONCLUDED WITH THE
GHANIAN-AUSTRALIAN GOLDFIELDS LTD.

THE PAYMENT WAS MADE WITH BANK OF GHANA CHECK, WHICH I
PERSONALLY CLEARED UNFORTUNATELY, TILL THIS MOMENT NOONE
HAS COME AS HIS RELATIONFOR HIS DEPOSIT WITH US. I HUMBLY
REQUEST YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER SO THAT I CAN PRESENT
YOU AS HIS NEXT OF KIN OR BENEFICIARY TO HIS DEPOSIT. IT IS
NOT A VERY DIFFICULT THING TO DO ESPECIALLY AS YOU SHARE
THE SAME LAST NAME WITH HIM AND IT WILL NOT TAKE TIME TOO.

ALL I NEED IS TO CHANGE THE NAME AND PARTICULARS OF HIS
NEXT OF KIN TO YOURS IN OUR DATABASE AND I FILE IN AN
APPLICATION FOR THE RELEASE OF THE FUNDTHROUGH THE PROBATE
OFFICE IN YOUR NAME. IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEANTHAT YOU
MUST BE HERE TO CONCLUDE THE DEAL; I MAY REQUEST THAT THE
MONEY BE SENT TO EUROPE OR EVEN THE UNITED STATES FOR
PAYMENT BUT IF YOU CAN BE ABLE TO COME DOWN HERE IN ACCRA
GHANA THAT WILL BE THE BEST AS I WILL USE MY POWER TO MAKE
EVERY THING VERY EASY FOR YOU OR YOU WILL REQUEST FOR THEM
TO TRANSFER IT TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY.

PLEASE CONTACT ME AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE ON EMAIL: I WILL
LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THE SHARING RATIO WILL BE 40%FOR
YOU 55%FOR ME AND 5%WILL BE SHEARED BETWEEN US ACCORDING TO
THE EXPENSES MADE INDIVIDUALLYDURING THIS TRANSACTION.

KINDLY GET BACK TO ME WITH THIS INFORMATIONS AS LISTED
BELOW SO THAT MY LAWYER CAN MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO PREPEAR
ALLTHE NECESSARY COVERAGE DOCUMENTS IN YOUR NAME AS THE
NEXTOF KIN.

1,FULL NAME:..................
2,CONTACTADDRESS:...............
3,TELEPHONE ANDFAX:......................
4,OCCUPATION.:..............
5,NATIONALITY:...............
6,AGE:...................

KIND REGARDS,
DR.DAVID MENSAH,



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