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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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Fraud email example:

From: "RICHARD BROWN" <drrichard_brown@virgilio.it> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 15:06:32 +0000
Subject: FROM MR RICHARD BROWN

From: The Manager,
International Commercial Bank Ghana
First Light Branch
Accra, Ghana.

Attn:Dear Sir

I got your contact during my search on the Internet. My name is Mr. RICHARD BROWN
I am the manager of the International Commercial Bank Ghana, First Light
Branch. I am a Ghanaian married with two kids.

I am writing to solicit your assistance in the transfer of US$ 1,550.000.00.
This fund is the excess of what my branch in which I am the manger made
as profit during the last year. I have already submitted an approved End
of the Year report for the year 2003 to my Head Office here in Accra and
they will never know of this Excess. I have since then, placed this amount
of US$ 1,550.000.00 on a SUSPENCE ACCOUNT without a beneficiary.

As an officer of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money
thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money
into your bank account. I intend to part 30% of this fund to you while 70%
shall be for me. I do need to stress that there are practically no risk
involved in this. It's going to be a bank-to-bank transfer. All I need from
you is to stand as the original depositor of this fund.

If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response.

With regards

Mr. RICHARD BROWN

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