419 scam: "Mr. Kweku Adams" <kwekuadams1@hotmail.com> FROM MR.KWEKU ADAMS

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "it will be a bank to bank transfer" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
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.
- mr.kwekuadams2010@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Kweku Adams" <kwekuadams1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: "Mr. Kweku Adams" <mr.kwekuadams2010@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 23:47:33 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM MR.KWEKU ADAMS

FROM MR.KWEKU ADAMS
BRANCH MANAGER=
INTERNATIONAL
COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED
(ICB)-GHANA.
EASTERN DISTRICT
BRANCH
OUR REF:
ICB/435/xo/026

Hello Dear,

I got your contact
during my search for a reliable, trust worthy and honest person to introduce
this transfer project with.

My Name is Mr. Kweku
Adams. I am the Eastern regional branch manager of the International Commercial
Bank Limited - Ghana in West Africa.

I am a Christian. I
do not want problems but I just hope you can assist me.

I write you this letter
in good faith. I am in control of the sum of Nine Million, Three Hundred United
States Dollars (US$9.300.000.00), which was an excess of profit made by our
regional eastern branch office in the last quarter of the year 2009,which I
have carefully placed in an Escrow Call Deposit Account and did not declare
this to my head office.

Can I really trust
you to hold this money for me until I arrive your country and pick it up myself
and you deduct 30% of the total money as your commission?

If you accept my
offer you can contact me immediately. If you do not accept you can forget I
contacted you? All I need is for you to get me a good current account in your
bank where I can move this money.

I will discretely
give you all the information concerning the account so that you can apply to
the bank for the release of the money.

There is practically
no risk involved, it will be a bank to bank transfer. Take my word.

I hope you understand
my situation.
Thank you for your
anticipated timely response.

Yours truly,
Kweku Adams.

N/B:if you are
willing and interested to work with me, forward in your response the following
information's:
FULL
NAMES:....................................................................
AGE:.....................................................................................
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:..............................................
OCCUPATION:..................................................................
PHONE:...............................................................................
COUNTRY:.........................................................................
COMPANY
:..............(IF ANY)EMAIL:....................
REPLY TO: mr.kwekuadams2010@hotmail.com

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