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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: william richard <william_richard1@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: williamrichard96@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:35:07 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear



The Manager International
Commercial Bank Ghana
First Light Branch
Accra , Ghana .
=A0
Dear Friend,=A0
=A0
I got your contact during my search for a reliable, honest and a trust wort=
hy person to entrust this huge transfer project with. my name is Mr. Willia=
m Richard. I am the manager of the international commercial bank Ghana , fi=
rst light branch. I am a Ghanaian married with two kids.
=A0
I am writing to solicit your assistance in the transfer of us$1,500.000.00.=
This fund is the excess of what my branch in which I am the manager made a=
s profit during the last year's audition. I have already submitted an appro=
ved end of the year report for the year 2007 to my head office here in Accr=
a and they will never know of this excess. I have since then, placed this a=
mount of us$1,500.000.00 on a suspense account without a beneficiary.
=A0
as an officer of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money thu=
s I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money into y=
our bank account. I intend to part 30% of this fund to you while 70% shall =
be for me. I do need to stress that there are practically no risk involved =
in this. It's going to be a bank-to-bank transfer. all I need from you is t=
o stand as the original depositor of this fund. If you accept this offer, I=
will appreciate your timely response.
=A0
With regards,
=A0
Mr. William Richard.=0A=0A=0A

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