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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• 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.
  • james_mensah5@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • 3ajames_mensah5@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: "james_mensah3 Gazeta.pl" <james_mensah3@gazeta.pl>
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 10:19:31 +0000
Subject: From James


James Mensah
Manager Eastern Region Chapter two Branch
International Commercial Bank of Ghana Ltd
West Africa

Dear Friend,
I am contacting you base on mutual trust as I do not want problems but just
hope you can assist me in actualizing the under mentioned project.I am in
control of the sum of four million, eight hundred and fifty thousand US
dollars ($4,850,000.00) which was an excess of profit made by our Eastern
RegionBranch Office in the Last quarter Financial Summary, The afore
Mentioned amount I have carefully placed in an Escrow Deposit Account with
systematize procedures without declaring it to my executives.Can I really
trust you to hold this money for me until I arrive your country and pick it
up myself and you deduct 30% of the total money as your commission if you
accept my offer you can contact me immediately.

All I need, is you to provide me with a good current bank account where I
can move this money through a laid down modalities.I will confidentially,
give you all the information concerning the account and the date of deposit
so that you can apply to the bank for the release of the money. There is
practically no risk involved. It will
be a bank-to-bank wire transfer. I hope you understand my situation.Be rest
assured that this transaction is absolutely risk free.I await your urgent
response.You canmail me back on this email
address:james_mensah5@myway.com<address%3Ajames_mensah5@myway.com>
Thank you and God bless.
Yours truly,
James Mensah

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