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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.
  • mensafred01@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mensaa freddo" <freddomen04@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:30:12 +0000
Subject: From Fred Mensah

Fred Mensah
Manager Eastern Region Chapter two Branch
International Commercial Bank of Ghana Ltd

Dear Sir

I am contacting you base on mutual trust as I do not want problems but just
hope you can assist me in actualizing the under mentioned project,I am in
control of the sum of Four million, eight hundred and fifty thousand US
dollars (USD$4,850,000.00) which was an excess of profit made by our Eastern
Region Branch Office in the Last quarter Financial Summery of last year
2005,The afore Mentioned amount have been carefully placed in an Escrow
Deposit Account with systematize procedures without declaring it to my
executives. Can I really trust you to hold this money for me until I arrive
your country and pick it up myself and you deduct 30% of the total money as
your
commission; if you accept my offer you can contact me immediately,All I need
is you to provide me with a good current bank account where I can move this
money through a laid down modalities, I will confidentially give you all the
information concerning the account and the date of deposit so that you can
apply to the bank for the release of the money, There is practically no risk
involved, It will be a Bank-to-Bank wire transfer,I hope you understand my
situation. Be rest assured that this transaction is absolutely risk free. If
you have any question regarding this proposal, feel free to ask and send
reply to my private email (mensafred01@excite.com)


Yours truly,
Fred Mensah

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