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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: "DAVID KUFFOR" <davidkuffor@cooltoad.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: davidkoffos@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 00:33:12 +0000
Subject: FROM MR DAVID KUFFOR

From: The Manager,
Brokerage and Investments
Banc Guarantee Ltd
Accra, Ghana.

Dear Partner,

Please pardon me if you are offended upon receiving this proposal since we
have no formal contact.
Mr.DAVID KUFFORis my name and I am the manager, Brokerage and Investments
Department of the Banc Guarantee Ltd A Stock Broking Company .I write to
solicit your kind assistance in a fund transfer deal of US$ 5,550.000.00.

This fund is the excess of the profit made by this Department during the
year 2004.As the manager, I have already submitted an approved End of the
Year report for the year 2004 to my Head Office and they will never know of
this Excess.

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 with 30% of this fund to you while 70% shall
be for me.

All I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of this
fund. The process is very simple. If you accept this offer, I will
appreciate your timely response.

In your response please include your FULL CONTACT DETAILS such as NAME,
PHYSCIAL, ADDRESS, AGE, SEX, OCCUPATION, PHONE, FAX, EMAIL, With these
details I will submit to the bank in custody of the fund as the depositor
and beneficiary of the fund once I do this they will issue you with the
deposit document technically making you the OWNER of the fund and with this
document you will order for the transfer of the fund to your designated
account,

With Kind regards,
Mr.DAVID KUFFOR

NB.
PLEASE ALWAYS REPLY ME THROUGH THIS E-MAIL BOX.
davidkoffos@ yahoo.co.uk

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