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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • kwabenajerry_101@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "KWABENA JERRY" <kwabenajerry_101@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 18:15:37 +0000
Subject: IF YOU ARE WILLING...

Dear friend,
My name is Mr, kwabena h.jerry, the branch manager of INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK GHANA LTD (ICB), Takoradi Branch Ghana. I am a Ghanaian by birth,46 years of age and married with three kids.
Although i am not comfortable to send this proposal to you because of increase in scam and fraud expecially in Africa but i am too sure that this is not scam because you have access to confirm provided you did not let my bank know the source of your information.

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 Accra Ghana. On the course of the last year 2005 end of the year's report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made two Million Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars (2,550.000.00) of which my head office is not aware and will never be aware of it. I have since then PLACED this fund in an ESCROW CALL ACCOUNT(fixed deposit account) without a beneficiary.

As the branch 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 25% of this fund to you while 75% shall be for me and two officers who will assist me move the fund to your account. I do need to assure you that there are no risk involved in this transaction, 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.

If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your
timely response and then we shall discuess on how you will keep our share.
Thanking you for your anticipated cooperation.

With regards,
Jerry H.Kwabena .
00233-243133182 DL
NB.
You can also reply me thru;kwabenajerry_101@yahoo.com

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