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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: "INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK" <icb@internationalcommercialbankghanaltd.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:03:05 +0000
Subject: RE: WIRE TRANSFER

Attention Sir,

Could you please give us the good attention to enable us discharge our duty
efficiently.

Kindly return the form sent to you long ago. we wait to have the fee and the
form so we can effect the transfer of your fund before Xmas holidays.

Hope to hear from you.

Sincerely,

John Mensah













>From: nancy adams <clara_mom@yahoo.com>
>To: INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK
><icb@internationalcommercialbankghanaltd.com>
>Subject: RE: WIRE TRANSFER
>Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 06:05:10 -0800 (PST)
>
>Mr. Mensah
>
>What do you mean? Are you going to transfer the fund
>to me without paying the 250.00?
>Nancy Adams
>
>--- INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK
><icb@internationalcommercialbankghanaltd.com> wrote:
>

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