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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:
  • "million united states dollars" (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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Mensah Owusu <mensah_owu13@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mensahowusu52@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:38:15 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: kind attention



FROM: MENSAH OWUSU.
BRANCH MANAGER
GHANA COMMERCIAL BANK LTD.
Dear Sir.


I want to transfer to an overseas A/C the sum of (15,000.000.00 USD) fithteing Million
United States Dollars) from our Bank here in Ghana, I am reliably and honestly seeking your assistance
to handle this transaction with me . as long as you will remain honest
and confidential to me till the end of the transaction. I am trusting
in you and believing in God that you will never let me down
either now or in future.
I am MENSAH OWUSU, the branch Manager of GHANA COMMERCIAL BANK LTD
here in GHANA. Now during the course of auditing, I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in
my bank in the year 2005 and since then nobody has operated on this account again, after going through some old
files I discovered that the owner of the account is from Iraq. And several notifications has been sent to an address that was discovered in his banking
files but no responses and no relations has been coming to claim this fund or next of kin of this said fund,upon a serious investigation through some of his co worker i was finally told that he died in Iraq when he traveled to pull out his family from the war in Iraq, and his family died alongside with him

The owner of this said account is Mr. Fadi Basem, a foreigner and a senior contractor to ADVANCED POWER MINING COMPANY here in GHANA. From my investigation no other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary. Be informed that this fund
can only be claimed through a legal process and all the document needed shall be documented by both parties as regard this transaction.

BEST REGARDS

MENSAH OWUSU.


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