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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: "Quesi Agyemang" <quesi_agyemang@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:12:48 +0000
Subject: YOUR'S TRULY.

INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK, HIGH STREET BRANCH,
TAKORADI, GHANA.

ATTENTION: SIR/MADAM

MY NAME IS MR.DAVID Q. AGYEMANG,I AM THE REGIONAL MANAGER OF INTERNATIONAL
COMMERCIAL BANK, OF DAKAR BRANCH IN THE WESTERN REGION OF TAKORADI. I GOT
YOUR INFORMATION ON A RECENT BANK CONFERENCE WITH OTHER WEST AFRICAN
COUNTRIES HELD IN LOME THE CAPITAL CITY OF TOGO IN WEST AFRICA. I WRITE
YOU THIS PROPOSAL IN GOOD FAITH, I AM 42 YEARS OLD MARRIED WITH TWO KIDS. I
AM A DEVOTED CHRISTIAN AND A MAN OF PEACE.

I HAVE PACKAGED A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION THAT WILL BENEFIT YOU AND I, 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 BUSINESS YEAR. ON THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR 2005 BUSINESS REPORT,I
DISCOVERED THAT MY BRANCH IN WHICH I AM THE MANAGER MADE FIVE MILLIONS,US
DOLLARS ($5,000,000.00) WHICH MY HEAD OFFICE ARE NOT AWARE OF AND WILL NEVER
BE AWARE OF. I HAVE PLACED THIS FUNDS ON WHAT WE CALL ESCROW CALL ACCOUNT
WITH NO BENRFICIARY.

AS AN OFFICER OF THIS BANK I CANNOT BE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THIS MONEY, SO
MY AIM OF CONTACTING YOU IS TO ASSIST ME RECEIVE THIS MONEY IN YOUR BANK
ACCOUNT AND GET 20% OF THE TOTAL FUNDS AS COMMISSION. THERE ARE PRACTICALLY
NO RISK INVOLVED, IT WILL BE A BANK TO BANK TRANSFER, ALL I NEED FROM YOU IS
TO STAND CLAIM AS THE ORIGINAL DEPOSITOR OF THIS FUNDS WHO MADE THE DEPOSIT
WITH MY BRANCH SO THAT MY HEAD OFFICE CAN ORDER THE TRANSFER TO YOUR
DESIGNATED BANK ACCOUNT. IF YOU ACCEPT TO WORK WITH ME I WILL APPRECIATE IT
VERY MUCH. YOU CAN REACH ME ON MY EMAIL AS APPEARED ON THIS MAIL IF YOU
THINK WE CAN WORK TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN GO OVER THE DETAILS.I WILL PROVIDE
MY PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS ON YOUR REQUEST,YOU CAN CONTACT ME MY PRIVATE EMAIL
ADDRESS.THANKS YOU IN ADVANCE AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

YOURS TRULY

MR.DAVID Q.AGYEMANG.

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