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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.KWAME" <kwame_fambl@freeghana.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 12:43:11 -0700
Subject: FROM: MR. KWAME (FAMBL BANK)

Dear Friend,
My name is Mr. Dickson Kwame a manager with First Atlantic Merchant Bank Ltd,
(FAMBL) Kumasi Branch – Ashanti Region Ghana, I am a Ghanaian married with two
kids. I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us as
the Managing Director of the bank it my duty to send financial reports to my
head office also in the capital city of Accra On the course of the last year
2004 end of the year report I discovered that my Branch Kumasi – Ashanti
Region Ghana in which I am the manager of the bank made Three Million five
Hundred Thousand US Dollars (US$3.5M of which my head office is not aware and
will never be aware of it, since then I placed this fund on a suspense account
without a beneficiary.

As an officer of the bank I cannot be directly connected to this Money thus I
am compelled 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 assure you that there are Practically no risks involved it
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
Please reply to Email: dickson.kwame@personal.ro only, included your private
phone fax or mobile number where I can reach you
With regards
MR. DICKSON KWAME

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