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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "there is no risk involved" (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.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2214304431 (Senegal, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Ansah David" <ansahdavid@adinet.com.uy> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ansahdavid@myway.com
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 22:33:18 +0200
Subject: My Package

International Commercial Bank (ICB),
Saint-Louis Branch Senegal.

Dear Sir/Madam,
I am so very sorry if I pried into your privacy.My name is Mr.Ansah David,the Regional Manager of International Commercial Bank, Saint-Louis Branch Senegal. I am a Senegalese by birth,42 years of age,Married with two children. I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us. As the Regional Manager of the bank, it is my duty to send financial reports to my head office in the capital city of Dakar,Senegal.

On the course of the last year 2005 end of the year's report, I discovered that my branch made an over excess undiscovered fund of Six Million,Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars ($6,550,000,00.) of which my head office is not aware of and will never be aware of it.

I have since then PLACED this fund in an ESCROW CALL ACCOUNT without a beneficiary.

As the Regional Manager 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 50% of this fund to you while 50% shall be for me.I do need to assure you that there is no risk involved in this business it’s going to be a Bank-to-Bank transfer(TT).

All I need from you is to stand and represent yourself as the original depositor of this fund in my bank. If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response and then we shall discuss on how you will keep my share pending my arrival to your country.

With regards,
Mr.Ansah David
Regional Manager ICB
Saint-Louis Branch Senegal.
Tel:+2214304431

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