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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. EDWARD MENSAH" <edward_mens_icb@zwallet.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: icb_mensahedward@sify.com
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 18:10:10 +0100
Subject: GREETING FROM MR EDWAED

International Commercial Bank Limited Makola Shopping Mall

Accra – Ghana, West Africa

Tel: +233-28-310184, Fax: +233-21-413761

Our Ref: ICB/MO-XXL08/2004

From:The ACCOUNTANT

International Commercial Bank Ghana

First Light Branch

Accra – Ghana

Sir,

I got your contact during my search on the Internet. My name is Mr. EDWARD MENS. I am the accountant of the International Commercial Bank – Ghana, First Light Branch Accra. I am a Ghanaian married with two kids.

I am writing to solicit your assistance in the noble transfer of US$3,800,000.00 (Three million, eight hundred thousand U.S. dollars). This fund is the excess of what my branch in which I am the accountant made as profit during the last year. I have already submitted an approved end of the last year report for the year 2003 and also submitted report of first quarter of this year 2004 to my Head Office here in Accra and they will never know of this Excess. I have since then, placed this amount of US$3,800,000.00 (Three million, eight hundred thousand U.S. dollars) 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 is going to be a bank-to-bank transfer to your nominated bank account anywhere you feel safer. 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,

EDWARD MENSAH

Note: You also contact me on me e-mail address (edwardmensah_icbl@zwallet.com or edwardmensah_icbl@rediffmail.com

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