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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "hundred thousand united states 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)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "michael_kofi01@terra.es" <michael_kofi01@terra.es>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 14:27:24 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: very urgent pls


Dear Sir,

My name is MR,MICHAEL KOFI I got information about you through the Ghananian Chamber of Commerce and after going through your company profile amongst many others, i am determined to seek your assistance in a transaction that involves the transfer of funds from International Commercial Bank where i work as a data analyst.

The amount available is USD5, 500, 000.00 (FIVE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY). I discovered this amount as an excess balance after the last auditing of our bank records and as the banks head data analyst, i have secured this money without the knowledge of anybody, in our bank's pool account.

All i will need from you, is to assure me of your readiness to stand-in as the legitimate owner of this fund and i will raise necessary documents in favour of that and effect actual release and trasfer of this amount to your bank account. This matter requires utmostr trust, confidentiality and honesty and between me and you (now), no other person knows about this money.

If you are sure you can be reliable for me to transfer this amount to your account and you will help me to invest my own part over there in your country, since i cannot bring it back into my country because of my position here (we are not allowed to operate foreign bank accounts), i will give you 30% of this money as your share for participating in this mutual venture.

Get back to me with some assurances and i will give you more details about the transaction. Be sure that the transaction is very very safe, secure and risk-free but you must keep it very confidential and noty share with a third party, for my protection.

I look forward to your kind answer.
MR,MICHAEL KOFI





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