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

Fraud email example:

From: "FROM MR HOFFMAN BANCOLEY" <mancoleyghanax@latinmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mancoleyghanab@yahoo.ca
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 04:37:46 +0000
Subject: PLEASE URGENT REPLY

Good Day,
This letter may come as a surprise to you but after much consideration to the good recommendation made concerning you, we were left with no options than to contact you. My name is Mr.HOFFMAN BANCOLEY, the first son of Late JOHNSON BANCOLEY. Erstwhile governor of the central Bank of Sierra-Leone who unfortunately was among the casualties of the political crisis, which savaged the nation for the period of ten Years. Before his untimely death (via execution by the government) he informed us that while he was still the central bank Governor, he used his influence and position to lift some boxes containing U.S$21.5M out of the country, this he deposited with a certain Bank based in ACCRA-GHANA. According to him, when depositing the fund IN ECO-FUND OFFICE, he declared to the ECOWAS management of the bank that the contents were his family valuables, this is to ensure the safety of the funds. We have already arrived in Accra-Ghana because our country has somehow become un-habita
ble for us, we decided to solicit for assistance for the following reasons
1. To transfer the fund in foreign account

2. Assist us to invest the funds in your country


3. Act as our partner and to also register all the investments in your name

4. Help us to relocate to a more secured place where we can continue with our academics.

We will like to know more about you and also discuss how you will be compensated for your assistance. We will in due time forward to you the documents covering the deposits for your perusal. As no one knows our present location, we implore you to treat this with utmost secrecy. You can get back to me with your fax and phone number, for oral discussion. We anticipate your most urgent response. mancoleyghanaa@latinmail.com <mailto:mancoleyghanaa@latinmail.com>


Regards Mr,Hoffman Bancoley

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