419 scam: "Wilson A lamptey"<auditingaccountingsection@ghc.com> Urgent Response Needed

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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:
- "hundred thousand us dollars" (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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Wilson A lamptey" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wilsonlamptey@bahamamail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 09:05:26 -0000
Subject: Urgent Response Needed

With Respect,

It is my pleasure to seek for your business assistance, and I want you to consider it very important. This is an opportunity I would want us to utilize well.I am Mr.Wilson Lamptey, an officer in charge of Auditing and Accounting section with (Ghana Commercial Bank,GCB),and also a Relationship Account Officer to Dr.BRIAN SLOBODAN.

One Late Dr.SLOBODAN a citizen of your country had a fixed deposit with my bank in 2005 for 48 calendar months, valued at US$20,400,000.00 (Twenty Million, Four Hundred Thousand US Dollars) the due date for this deposit contract was 16 of July 2009. Sadly Dr. SLOBODAN was among the death victims in the May 26 2006 Earthquake disaster in Java, Indonesia that killed over 5,000 people. He was in Indonesia on a business trip and that was how he met his end.

I have carried out various inquiries to locate any of his extended relatives but this has proved unsuccessful. Since the demise of this our customer, Dr.SLOBODAN who was an seasoned gold investor here. I have kept a close watch of the deposit records and accounts and since then no body has come to claim the said money in this a/c as next of kin.

I hereby write in regards to this effect to have you stand as the rightful beneficiary to Late Dr.SLOBODAN so that the funds will be claim and transferred into your foreign account before my Bank declare the total fund unserviceable or confiscated. Please you will be entitled to a percentage that will be discussed later with you and there is no risk involved, the transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law.

I immensely request for your optimum honesty and cooperation and Let me know your mind on this, and please do treat this information as TOP SECRET. We shall go over the details once I receive your urgent response strictly through my personal email address, (wilsonlamptey@bahamamail.com) We can as well discuss this on phone.

Anticipating your communication.

Yours sincerely,

Mr.Wilson A lamptey.

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