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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:
  • "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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Anthony .k. Nelson" <akn_56gh@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: akn_gh1966@live.com
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:43:48 -0800 (PST)
Subject: With Regards






From:
Mr. Anthony=A0Nelson

Accra, Ghana.





Hello Dear



I got your contact during my search for a reliable, honest and a trust wort=
h
person to entrust this huge transfer project with My name is Mr. Anthony=A0=
Nelson, Branch manager of a financial institution here
in Ghana. I am a Ghanaian married with two kids.



I am writing to solicit your assistance in the transfer of $ 7,597.864.00
Million United States dollars
only. This fund is the excess of what my branch in which am the manager mad=
e as
profit during the 2007 financial year.



I have already submitted annual report for that year to my head office here=
in Accra Ghana as I have watched
with keen interest as they will never know of this excess I have since, pla=
ced
this amount of $ 7,597.864.00 Million United States dollars only to an Escr=
ow
Coded account without a beneficiary (anonymous) to avoid trace



As an officer of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money due=
to civil service code which
formats civil servants
from owing or operating foreign currency account
coupled with the fact that the fund is huge thus I am impelled to request f=
or
your assistance to receive this money into your bank account on my behalf



I intend to part 30% of this fund to you while 70% shall be for me. I do ne=
ed
to stress that there are practically no risk involved in this. It's going t=
o be
a bank-to-bank transfer. All I need from you is to stand as the original
depositor of this fund so that the fund can be legally processed to your na=
me
and be transferred to your account.=20

=A0=20

If
you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response to my private=
=20

=A0E-mail :( akn01gh@merseymail.com)






With Regards,=20



Mr. Anthony=A0Nelson=20

=0A=0A=0A

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