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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "there are practically no risks involved" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: nana monday <nanamonday2@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 12:26:56 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: from Nana Monday


Dear Sir/madam.





from Nana Monday.



My name is Mr Nana Monday.=A0 I am the regional manager of ECOE bank
Accra=A0 Ghana Ltd Tema branch in the greater Accra region of Ghana.
I got your information on a recent bank conference with other West
African countries held in Lome the capital city of Togo in West Africa
.. I write you this proposal in good faith; =A0

=A0

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and me,
as the regional manager of the Standard Chartered bank it is my duty to
send in a financial report to my head office in the capital city Accra
at the end of each business year. On the course of 2006 business report,



=A0I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made three
million seven hundred and fifty thousand us=A0 dollars
($6,750,000.00) which my head office are not aware of and will never be
aware of.

=A0

I have placed this funds on what we call escrow call account with no
beneficiary. As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected
to this money, so my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this
money in your bank account and get 30% of the total funds as commission
for helping me .

=A0

There are practically no risks involved, it will be a bank-to-bank
transfer and all I need from you is to stand and claim as the original
depositor of these funds who made the deposit with my branch so that my
head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account.

=A0

If you accept to work with me I will appreciate it very much. You get
back to me on this my email address: luckyemmanuel123@yahoo.com.com so
that we can go on the details.

=A0

Thank you in advance and=A0 be bless=A0 and your family.

=A0

Yours truly

=A0Nana Monday



=0A=0A=0A

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