419 scam: "Mr.Carl" <carlmensah78@yahoo.in> I C B GHANA LTD

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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:
- "million united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- carlmensah87@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Carl" <carlmensah78@yahoo.in>
Reply-To: carlmensah87@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 16:08:37 +0200
Subject: I C B GHANA LTD

Hello

Please pardon me for not having the liberty of knowing your mindset before
writing you this letter. Without any formal introduction,My name is Mr.Carl
Mensah, I am the present branch Manager of International Commercial Bank of
Ghana LTD.

I write to solicit for your partnership in claiming of $45.million united state
dollars from an account at our Head Office . The aforementioned fund $45.million
usd is my share percentage from a Gold Mining project that i helped financed,
influentially.

Furthermore, as a Manager in the bank, I am not allowed to be part of such a
deal, because it's against my company's professional practice policy. So I am
compelled to ask that you stand on my behalf and receive this fund into any
account that is solely controlled by you. I will compensate you with 20% of the
total amount involved as gratification for being my partner in the transfer.

I want to re-assure you that this business is risk free and you can send an
empty account to receive the funds, provided that the account is capable to
receive incoming funds.

If you know that you are capable to handle this on trust and can keep secret and
ready to take 20%, Contact me urgently via email privately for further
details:(carlmensah87@yahoo.com)

Yours Truly,

Mr.Carl. Mensah

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