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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 WILLIAMS MENSAH" <williams11@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: williams12@walla.com
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 18:46:10 +0100
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE PLEASE.

URGENT ASSISTANCE PLEASE.

FIRST, MY NAME IS MR MENSAH WILLIAMS,I AM PRESENTLY THE COORDINATOR CONTRACT AWARDING COMMITTEE IN GHANA.OUR DUTIES IS TO BID FOR CONTRACT PROJECTS OR CONTRACT SUPPLY ORDER TO GOVERNMENT, MINISTERIES AND PRIVATE COMPANIES, WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC .

PLEASE MY PURPOSE OF WRITING YOU THIS MAIL IS; LAST
YEAR I INFLUENCE A CONTRACT SUPPLY ORDER WITH
THE AMOUNT OF TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS.AND SINCE THEN I HAD BEEN FINDING IT VERY
DIFFICULTIES TO CONTACT SOMEONE WHO WILL BE RELAIBLE, TO HAVE 100% CONTROL OF THIS MONEY OUT OF THIS COUNTRY.THIS MONEY IS PRESENTLY IN THE BELOW BANK ACCOUNT-

BANK NAME; AFRICAN DEVELOPEMEMT BANK LIMITED,
ACCOUNT NAME; ESCROW ACCOUNT,
NUMBER 90001585389;
ACCOUNT CODE NUMBER;XX19537BN
ACCOUNT OWNER; NO NAME

BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOWN ANYBODY YET, AND FIND IT VERY
HARD TO DEAL WITH SOMEONE WHO WILL NOT USED THE
ADVANTAGE THAT AM IS PRESENTLY IN TOP GOVERNMENT POST TO DECEIVE ME.BECAUSE WE ARE NOT ALLOW TO OPERATE OR INVOLVED IN FOREIGN ACCOUNT TRANSACTIONS.

NOW I WANT TO TELL YOU TO CONTACT THE BANK NOW,WITH
THE BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATIONS ABOVE, SEND THEM
APPLICATION LETTER THAT YOU WANT THIS MONEY IN TO BE
SEND IN YOUR ACCOUNT IMMEDIATELY.

IF THEY REQUEST FOR THE COPY OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, WHICH WAS REACHED DURING THE DEPOSIT, I WILL SEND IT TO YOU NOW.BECAUSE THAT IS ONLY THING THAT WILL PROVED THAT THE MONEY BELONGS TO YOU.
FOR YOUR EFFORT IN THIS,I WILL GIVE YOU ONLY FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE MONEY,IF THERE WILL BE ANY TAXATION IN YOUR COUNTRY, LET ME KNOW ABOUT IT.

PLEASE ONLY MY WIFE HAS A FULL CONSENT OF THIS LETTER, BUT HE WAS AFFRAID THE TYPE OF PERSON YOU MAY
BE.
REACH ME ON EMAIL- wllms_mensah@yahoo.co.in
PHONE +233244139896.
THANKS YOU
MR WILLIAMS MENSAH.
=======================================================
HERE IS THE FULL CONTACT OF THE BANK-

AFRICAN DEVELOPEMENT BANK LIMITED
NO 9645 NKURUMAH CIRCLE
P. O. BOX DX7979
ACCRA CENTRAL/ACCRA GHANA
HOTLINE;+233-277-024-746
FAX;+233-21-234-714
EMAIL;info-adb@freeghana.com

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