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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:
  • "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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "economic and financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
• 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.
  • microbert_icb@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "michael robert" <microlls1@biz.by>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:31:58 -0700
Subject: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL


INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK PLC.
Meridian House, Ring Road Central, (PMB No.116)
Accra


STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
Dear Sir,
It is my pleasure writing you this mail; First of all, I have to introduce
myself to you. My name is Mr.MICHAEL ROBERT, I am the Director of Foreign
Operations at the head quarter of the International Commercial Bank in
Accra Ghana.
Chief JAMES ONANEFE IBORI the former Governor of the OIL rich
State,DELTA STATES,SOUTH -EAST OF NIGERIA, is our customer who bank with us
here in Ghana, because of fighting against corruption in Nigeria, He was
arrested and detained by the men EFCC (ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME
COMMISSION) While investigating most of his access, most of his account has
been confiscated closed by the authority in Nigeria, London, France etc,But,
yet to detect that he deposited the sum of US$18,000,000 (eighteen million
United States dollars) equivalent in new Ghana cedis,without the consent of
any except the lawyer, it is secret.
Now he has confidently instructed the lawyer that we should in
collaboration transfer the money out of his account to another foreign
firm,who is capable of investing the money safely, pending the nature of his
case thereafter,
Sir,now i need your assistance to work together and get this money into your
account for investment, note that the account should not be in America or
UK, I want your assistance as the foreign partner to present your self as
the firm to invest this money in your country, so that we can transfer the
money to your country of residence were we can invest the money into any
kind of lucrative business in your country as partners.Please kindly send
immediately Your full name/address/nationality/company name and telephone
numbers to enable me start the process of approval and remittance of the
fund to you as beneficiary.All the related document is available with the
lawyer, who decide to be unanimous for now.
I will appreciate you very much, if we are able to make this deal a
success .you will be in position of 10%of the money before the investment
and 5% of the total income annually,feel free to ask question and to make
inquire on the case, visit any of these website and confirm,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7141047.stm
I hope to hear from you soon.reply only on this email for security
reasons microbert_icb@yahoo.com

Thanks and God bless us.

MR MICHAEL ROBERT
+233-285224600.

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