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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • mikboateng66@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mik boateng <mikboateng77@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 10:49:16 +0100 (BST)
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTAL


From:Michael Boateng
International Commercial Bank,
Kanneshi Branch.
Attn: Director
Dear Friend,
My name is Michael Boateng, the regional manager of a branch of International Commercial Bank in Ghana. I am a Ghanaian married with two kids. As the regional manager of the bank, it is my duty to send financial reports to my bank's head office in the capital city of Accra.
On the course of the last year 2004 end of the year's report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made one million,four Hundred and fifty Thousand US Dollars (1,450.000.00) of which the bank's head office is not aware of and will never be aware of it. I have since then PLACED this fund on a SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without a beneficiary.
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 30% of this fund to you while 65% shall be for me and 5% shall be for contengences. I do need to assure you that there are practically no risk involved in this. It’s going to be a bank-to-bank transfer. All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of this fund.You can also reach with this email,mikboateng66@yahoo.co.uk
If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response.
Yours truly,
Michael Boateng



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