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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: "Babra Danqwah" <jthabiso112@msn.com>
Reply-To: babradan@sify.com
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:09:00 +0000
Subject: Dear Friend!

Mrs Babra Danqwah ,
International commercial Bank Ghana
Takoradi Branch,
Accra, Ghana.
babradan@sify.com

Attention:
I got your contact during my search for a reliable, honest and a trust
worthy person to entrust this huge transfer project with.My name is Mrs
Babra Danqwah , a Ghanaian married with two kids. I am the manager of the
International commercial Bank Ghana, Takoradi Branch.I am writing to solicit
your assistance in the transfer of one million Four hundred thousand United
States Dollars.This fund is the excess of what my branch in which I am the
manager made as profit during the last year.I have already submitted an
approved end of the year report for the 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 One million Four hundred thousand United States Dollars, on a
suspense 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
35% of this fund to you while 65% shall be for me. I do not need to stress
that there are practically no risk involved in this. It is 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 if you are interested you can respond to my personal
email address:
babradan@sify.com
With regards,
Mrs Babra Danqwah .

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