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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:
  • "transfer into your account" (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)
  • "(ecowas)" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • skyebank1ghana@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "BENSON KUJO" <skyebank2ghana@gmail.com>
Reply-To: skyebank1ghana@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:41:14 +0100
Subject: WE ARE SORRY FOR THE DELAY


MR. BENSON KUJO
SKYE BANK GHANA LTD


ATTN: ,


RE: SWIFT TRANSFER OF US$3.2 MILLION INTEREST INTO YOUR ACCOUNT
I am MR. BENSON KUJO, the Head of Treasury Department of SKYE BANK
ACCRA GHANA. This is to officially inform you that sometime ago, your Funds
was brought to our bank from EconomicCommunity of West African Foreign
Payment Panel made of the subsequent countries like:Ghana,Togo, Rep. Benin,
Senegal, Ivory-coast, Gambia, Mali, etc.(ECOWAS).Then after some period of
time, they call the funds back to their treasury in World Bank. For this
period of time the funds was in our bank, it Generated an interest of US$3.2
MILLION, which weconsidered your long suffering as one of the Foreigners who
has not received his/her payment and we decide to pay you this interest
funds.via Swift Transfer into your account.

What we need from you now are the following.
1. Name and Address of your bank
2. Your account number and swift code if any
3. Any form of your identification for example: your nternational
passport number or your driving license number.
4. Fax and Telephone number for easy communicationIn view of this you are
here by instructed to contact this office immediately you receive this Email
message and reconfirm your bank particulars.
The Skye Bank is therefore apologizing for any delay you might have
encountered in contacting us.
We poised to serve you better, waiting to hear from you, please do reply
ASAP for more clarification as we are rounding off our quarterly
auditing.Thanks and God bless you in all your endeavors owards receiving
your Fund in good faith.Please reply this mail back on time to enhance our
processing towards the transfer. you can reply us back at
skyebank1ghana@gmail.com

Best Regards,

MR. BENSON KUJO
HEAD OF TREASURY DEPARTMENT
SKYE BANK ACCRA GHANA

NOTE: You should know that we contact people by e-mail to avoid
mistakes because it is possible that someone elf picks your fax
message and claim your fund which will be a big problem on us.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam