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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:
  • "hundred thousand united state 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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
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Fraud email example:

From: "James Koffi" <koffijames1@mailbox.hu>
Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 10:29:17 -0700
Subject: Await your respond


From Mr.Koffi James
Regional Manager Eco Bank,
Ghana Tamale branch,

Am Mr.Koffi James the regional manager of Eco Bank in Ghana, Tamale branch
in northern region of Ghana, I have packaged a financial transaction that
will benefit both of us, as regional manger of Eco Bank it is my duty to
send auditing report to our bank head office in the capital city Accra-Ghana
at the end of each business year. On the course of last year (2007)
business report .I discover that my branch in which am the manager made
excess gain of nine million, Six hundred thousand united state dollars
(US$9,600,000.00) which our bank head office is not aware of and will never
be aware of. Further more in my private investigation before contacting you
I discovered that this money supposed to belong to an American
pharmaceutical company which was bankrupted over a decade and left
GhanaLong time ago, the fund was placed in what we called Escrow
Account, an
account without any beneficiary information. Therefore as an official in our
bank I can not directly have access to this money.

So my aim of contacting you is to seek for your partnership to assist me
receive this money with your bank account and get 30% of the total fund as
commission for your understanding and co-operation. Lastly, it is strictly
bank to bank transaction without traveling to any where all I need from you
is to stand claim as the next of kin to the depositor and title holder of
this money who made the deposit with my branch where am the manager so that
our head office can release the money to your bank account.

I will be very grateful if you accept to team up with me .
Regards,
Mr.Koffi James

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