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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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  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: Robert Koffi <rbertkoffi@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: robertkoffi@aol.com
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:50:27 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Await your email


FROM THE DESK OF MR ROBERT KOFFI.
ICB INTERNATIONAL BANK,
GHANA.

Attn:

It is my pleasure to seek for your assistance, and you should consider it very important. This is an opportunity i would want us utilize well. I am Mr Robert Koffi , an officer in charge of Auditing and Accounting section with ICB International Commercial Bank LTD Ghana, and also in Relationship with the Account Officer of Dr Salim Chidiac, a Lebanese.

He was a Seasoned Contractor with Ghana Cement Company in Ghana Republic, who unfortunately lost his life in a plane crash of Union Transport Africans Flight Boeing 727 in Benin republic in December 25, 2003. You will read more stories about the crash by visiting this website:

www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/

Before his death on the 25th December 2003, Dr Salim Chidiac, has a fixed deposit account with ICB International Bank amounting to 12.5 MILLION U.S.A DOLLARS. After the death of Dr Salim Chidiac, i have carried out various inquiries to locate any of his client and extended relatives but this has proved unsuccessful.

I hereby write in regards to this effect to have you stand as the rightful beneficiary to Late Dr Salim Chidiac so that the funds will be transfered into your foreign account before my Bank declare the total fund unserviced or confiscated.

I immensely request for your optimum honesty and cooperations


Endeavor to send your contact address and phone number for more official discussion.

Yours Faithfully,

Robert Koffi.


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