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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)
  • "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• 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.
  • jamesobi_002@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "james eze" <je87184@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:42:43 +0100
Subject: Prof. James Osadolor Obi.


CONTRACT #: MAV/ACPC/FGN/MIN/009,
Swift Code: BPH KPL PK ,
A/C#: 329606=101244=169=678
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
United Bank OF Africa (UBA)
Our Ref: UBA/IRD/CBX/021/04



>From the office of Prof. James Osadolor Obi
Executive Director ,
United Bank OF Africa (UBA)
Accra Ghana .

Dear Friend.

I am Prof. James Osadolor Obi the Executive Director of United Bank OF
Africa (Accra Ghana) (UBA) Since my assumption of office, I have been able
to offset most Overdue Contract sums (USD$15M) owed by the Government of
Ghana to Foreign contractors in The past years.

In the process of these payments I discovered through investigation That my
predecessor moved out the above-mentioned sum outside but was unable to
conclude the transaction before he was removed out of office unaware and the
bank codes changed. The fund originated from the balance of over-invoiced
sum and Inflated government contracts of which the principal sum had been
paid to foreign contactors that executed their contract some years ago

This fund is now floating in a suspense account of our bank and will be
moved by Certified cashier\'s check bit by bit or ATM CARD and Bank Draft
within 48hours in another way out if you like bank to bank transfer of
perfection of your account coordinates. I have concluded all necessary
Arrangements for the BANK DRAFT or ATM CARD of the money to an account.
.Contacting you on this issue became imperative to owing to the fact that
the transfer cannot be affected without a second party account and receiving
Bank Code and SWIFT numbers.

Therefore, what is required from you is trust and honesty. No further
documentation, Just to change the ownership to your name No travel is
required, I will forward an account where my share will be further
transferred to, when the money reaches your bank. At the moment I can only
give information that are reasonably able to assist the transaction without
jeopardizing my person work or this transaction. Please send detail
information, jamesobi_002@yahoo.com

1 Your Full Names
2, Your Cell telephone Number
3, Profession
4, Age/Sex
5, Marital Status
6, Mailing Address

You can email now to indicate your wiliness
Thanks in advance for a mutual and fruitful Business association.

Regards,

Prof. James Osadolor Obi.
Executive Director,
United Bank OF Africa Accra Ghana (UBA)

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