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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)
  • "it will be a bank to bank transfer" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • kemmanuelm@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: emmanuel michael <c-mick03@msn.com>
Reply-To: <kemmanuelm@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 15:52:05 +0000
Subject: Thanks for given me your time





Dear Friend,

At the moment, I am constrained to issue more details about this business until your positive response is received. Please take a moment of your time to read this and send your response. I assure you that this deal is worth taking and highly profitable. I am the regional bank manager of the Barclays Bank of Ghana Ltd. I am writing to know if you can help receive this Fund into your account. As the Regional Auditor General of the Barclays Bank of Ghana Ltd; it is my duty to submit a financial report to my head office capital city Accra, at the end of each year. Last year 2008 end of year report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made an excess profit of US$3.2M Dollars of which my head office are not aware of and will never be aware of.

I have since placed this fund on what we call ESCROW ACCOUNT without any beneficiary. As an officer of the bank I am not directly connected to this fund, this is why i am contacting you to receive this fund into your foreign bank account for us to share. It will be a bank to bank transfer; all I demand of you is to claim as the original depositor who made the initial deposit with my branch, so that my Head office in Accra Capital will order the release of the fund to your designated bank account in your country or elsewhere. The scenario here is the same with one who bank with a particular bank and then decides to transfer the fund to his country account or elsewhere. I look forward to hear from you soon, contact me by email if you need more details: kemmanuelm@hotmail.com

Thanks for given me your time.

Yours truly,
Emmanuel Michael

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