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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • boatwilliams0@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Boateng Williams <boat_willy_0016@msn.com>
Reply-To: <boatwilliams0@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 16:53:22 +0000
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL MAIL FROM MR WILLIAMS



>From Mr. Boateng Williams,
Eco Bank Manager,
Accra Ghana.

Attn Sir,

I got your contact during my search for a reliable, honest and a trust Worthy person to entrust this huge transfer project with, and a financial Expert who came in from your country recommended you to me, my name is Mr. Boateng Williams. I am the manager of the Eco Bank Accra first light branch.

I Am a Ghanaian divorced with no kids, and have contacted so that this Transaction can benefit the both of us, knowing you are advanced in age With the fear of God, but if you are not willing to get involved in the Deal, do not REPLY THIS MAIL, as you will never hear from me again.

I am writing to solicit your assistance in the transfer of Us$5,500.000.00.This fund is the excess of what my branch in which I am The manager made as profit during the last year. I have already submitted An approved end of the year report for the year 2007 to my head office Here in Ghana and they will never know of this excess. I have since then, Placed this amount of us$5,500.000.00 on a suspense account without a Beneficiary.

As an officer of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money Thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money Into your bank account.

I intend to part 40% of this fund to you while 60% 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 to stand as the original depositor of this fund.

If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response to my private email address;boatwilliams0@hotmail.com



With Regards,
Boateng Williams.

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