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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)
  • "it will be a bank to bank transfer" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "there are practically no risks 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 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.
  • j_addo2005@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Joseph Addo" <josephaddo2005@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: j_addo2005@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 13:03:27 +0000
Subject: Business Proposal

>From Joseph Nana Addo
Phone: +233 244 875346
Email: j_addo2005@yahoo.com

Dear friend, My name is JJoseph Nana Addo; I am the
regional manager of International Commercial bank of
Ghana Koforidua branch in the Eastern region of Ghana.


I got your information on a recent bank conference
with other West African countries held in Lome the
capital city of Togo in West Africa. I write you this
proposal in good faith; I am 47 years old married with
two lovely kids. I am a devoted Christian and a man of
peace.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will
benefit you and me, as the regional manager of the
International Commercial bank; it is my duty to send
in a financial report to my head office in the capital
city Accra at the end of each business year. on the
course of the last year 2005 business report, I
discovered that my branch in which I am the manager
made sum of seven million four hundred thousand united
state dollars($7,400,000.00) which my head office are
not aware of and will never be aware of. I have placed
this funds on what we call fixed call account with no
beneficiary. As an officer of this bank

I cannot be directly connected to this money, so my
aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this
money in your bank account and get 30% of the total
funds as commission. There are practically no risks
involved, it will be a bank to bank transfer, and all
I need from you is to stand claim as the original
depositor of these funds who made the deposit in my
branch so that my head office can order the transfer
to your designated bank account.

If you accept to work with me I will appreciate it
very much. My private phone number is 00233 244 875346
call me if you think we can work together so that we
can go over the details. Thank you in advance and May
God bless you and your family.

Yours Truly

Joseph Nana Addo

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