419 scam: "Dr (Mrs.) Beatrice Asiam" <pusdarling@dephut.go.id> From: The Manager, International Commercial Bank

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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:
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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.
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.
- bea.ess114@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr (Mrs.) Beatrice Asiam" <pusdarling@dephut.go.id>
Reply-To: "Mrs. Beatrice Asiam" <bea.ess114@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 01:54:46 +0700 (WIT)
Subject: From: The Manager, International Commercial Bank

From: The Manager,
International Commercial Bank
Kumasi branch Ghana
24/11/2010

Top Urgent Message, Pls.

Hello Dear,

My name is Dr Beatrice Assiam, I am the branch manager of the
International Commercial Bank (ICB) Kumasi branch Ghana. I got your
information during my search through the Internet. I am 45 years of
age and married with 2 lovely kids. It may interest you to hear that I
am a woman of peace and I don't want problem, but I do not know how
you will feel about this because you may have double mind. But I am
telling you that this is a real deal and you are not going to regret
after doing this transaction with me. I only hope that we can assist
each other. But if you don't want this business offer kindly forget it
and I will not contact you again.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us,
as the regional manager of the International Commercial Bank, it is my
duty to send in a financial report to my head office in the capital
city (Accra-Ghana) at the end of each year. On the course of the last
year 2009 year report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the
manager made five million, five hundred thousand dollar
[$8,500,000.00] which my head office is not aware of it and will never
be aware of. I have since then place this fund on what we call
SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary.

As an official of the bank I cannot be directly connected to this
fund, so this informed me of contacting you for us to work, so that
you can assist and receive this fund into your bank account for us to
SHARE. Mean While you will have 35% of the total fund, Note there are
practically no risk involved, it will be bank to bank transfer, all I
need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of this fund
who made the deposit with our branch so that my Head office can order
the transfer to your designated bank account.

If you accept this offer to work with me, I will appreciate it very
much. As soon as I receive your response, I will give you details on
how we can achieve it successfully so reply to my personal email
address below:

bea.ess114@gmail.com

Best Regards,
Dr Beatrice Assiam
bea.ess114@gmail.com

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