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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • c_kwame2@lycos.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "charly kwame" <c_kwame6@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: c_kwame1@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 02:49:31 +0000
Subject: please reply immediatly

From: charly kwame
Accra, Ghana
alternate email; c_kwame2@lycos.com

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am charly kwame the first son of late Dr. John kwame. I am
a citizen of Burkina-Faso. My late father was the managing director of
Alexcon Aluminum Company in Burkina-Faso but unfortunately he died in the
year
2002 after a protracted illness. Due to poor management of the company, and
for the fact that I am so dedicated to school activities I realized that I
am too young to manage a large company of that type and most of the
director have already began to divert the net profit being generated from
the
company. I therefore arrange with my fathers lawyer (Barrister Steve Kojo )
an sold the entire company to Mr. Dana Foster from Poland at the price of
US $42,600,000,(forty two Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars). Due to
constant
pressure from my family members/ relatives and also fear of likely
attack to hijack the fund, I arrange with my fathers lawyer to move the fund
to
Security Company in Accra, Ghana where I am currently staying with my
two sisters. However, I am a student of (University Of Burkina Faso )
second
year theology and most of my time is been dedicated to school activities. At
the moment, we want to transfer the fund to overseas account for investment
because there is no good investment atmosphere here in Burkina-Faso. I
therefore need your assistance to enable me transfer the fund into your
private/companies account overseas so that I can relocate my 2 sisters
and plan for the investment of the fund through your personal assistance.
I need your assistance in investing the fund because I have little
experience of investment/management of the fund. It is also my plan
that after the successful transfer of the fund into your overseas account, I
will first relocate my 2 sisters to stay with you, while I complete my
studyl. What I need from you is honest and sincerity because this fund is my
life and the life of my family. If you can assist us in this transaction, I
will give you 30% of the total fund for your assistance, while 70% will
remain in your account for (2 years) to enable me complete my school and
join my
family to plan for the investments.
Please, be assured that this transaction is 100% risk free.
I await your soonest response.

Regards,

charly kwame

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