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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: "Mr Mills Ofori" <millsofori1@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 18:41:03 +0000
Subject: Sincere regards.

From:The Manager,
International Commercial Bank Ghana
First Light Branch
D/L 233 244 297 463
Accra, Ghana.

Attn:

Sir,

I got your contact during my search on the Internet.
My name is Mr.Mills Ofori. 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$ 2,550.000.00. 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$ 2,550.000.00 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,

Mills Ofori.

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