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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • peterkoffie34@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "PETER KOFFIE" <peterkoffie34@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: peterkoffie32@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 23:22:46 -0700
Subject: SWIFT TRANSFER OF US$4.5 MILLION INTEREST INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.


GOOD DAY,

RE: SWIFT TRANSFER OF US$4.5 MILLION INTEREST INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.

I, am MR. PETER KOFFI, the Head of Treasury Department of HSBC BANK ACCRA GHANA.

Sometime ago, in our bank your fund was brought to our bank and AFTER SOME PERIOD, THIS FUND WAS TAKEN BACK for that period of time this fund was in our bank, it generated an interest of US$4.5 Million, which we considered your long suffering and we decide to pay you this interest fund via Swift Transfer into your account.
What we need from you now is any form of your identification for example; your international travelling passport or your driving license, then your telephone and fax number for easy communication/your account information.

As a matter of fact we don’t have enough time waste since we have wasted time in contacting our respective customers, so try and comply with the entire necessary requirement for remittance.
Contact me on my direct Tel: 233-244-057548; Fax: 233-28-205993 expecting your immediately response.

Best Regards,

MR. PETER KOFFI
HEAD OF TREASURY DEPARTMENT
HSBC BANK ACCRA GHANA
E-MAIL: peterkoffie34@yahoo.com

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