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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.
  • mrlamptey500@yahoo.co.in

Fraud email example:

From: "George Lamptey" <mrlamptey100@yahoo.co.in> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 1998 12:28:22 -0800
Subject: CALL GEORGE URGENTLY.

FROM: MR.George Lamptey
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK
TEMA ACCRA GHANA
TEL: +233 244 507 193
E-MAIL:mrlamptey500@yahoo.co.in

Dear sir,

My name is Mr.George Lamptey , I am the regional manager of the
International Commercial Bank Achimota Accra Ghana I got your information during my search through the Internet. I am 46 years of age and married with three lovely kids. It may interest you to hear that I am a man of PEACE and don't want problem, I only hope we can assist each other. If you don't want this business offer kindly forget it, as I will not contact you again.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us,
as the regional manager of the International Commercial Bank it is my
duty to send in a financial report to my head office in the capital city
Accra at the end of each year. On the course of the last year 2005 end
of year report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager
made One Million Nine Hundred and FiftyThousand Dollars [US$1,950.000.00] which my head office are not aware of and will never be aware of. I have since place this fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary.

As an officer of the bank I can not be directly connected to this
money, so this informed my contacting you for us to work so that you can assist receive this money into you bank account for us to SHARE.

While you will have 30% of the total fund. Note there are practically
no risk involved, it will be bank to bank transfer, all I need from you
is to stand claim as the original depositor of this fund who made the
deposit with our branch so that my Head office can order the transfer to
your designated bank account. If you accept this offer to work with me,
I will appreciate it very much. As soon as I receive your response I
will details you on how we can achieve it successfully.

Best regards,
Mr.George Lamptey
Direct Tel:+233 244 507 193
E-mail:mrlamptey500@yahoo.co.in

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