419 scam: "Mrs. Odile Wewe" <odilewe22@gmail.com> GOOD DAY

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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:

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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "there are practically no risks involved" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Odile Wewe" <odilewe22@gmail.com>
Reply-To: odwewe77@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:38:47 +0530 (IST)
Subject: GOOD DAY

From: Mrs Odile Wewe
Standard Chartered Bank
Koforidua Branch

My Dear Good Friend,

My name is Mrs Odile Wewe I am the regional manager of Standard Chartered
Bank Koforidua branch Ghana. I got your information on a recent bank
conference with other West African countries held in Lome the capital
city of Togo in West Africa. I write you this proposal in good faith; I
am 42 years old married with two lovely kids.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and I, as
the regional manager of the Standard Chartered Bank it is my duty to send
in a financial report to my head office in the capital city Accra at the
end of each business year. On the course of the last year 2009 business
report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made Five
million seven hundred and twenty thousand united state
dollars($5,720,000.00) which my head office are not aware of and will
never be aware of. I have placed this funds on what we call escrow call
account with no beneficiary. As an officer of this bank I cannot be
directly connected to this money, so my aim of contacting you is to assist
me receive this money in your bank account and get 30% of the total funds
as commission.

There are practically no risks involved, it will be a bank to bank
transfer, and all I need from you is to stand claim as the original
depositor of these funds who made the deposit with my branch so that my
head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account.If you
accept to work with me I will appreciate it very much. email me if you
think we can work together so that we can go over the details. Thank you
in advance and May god bless you and your family.

Yours truly,
Mrs. Odile Wewe

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