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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:
  • "to your nominated bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • johnmensah01@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • johnmensah02@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "john mensah" <johnmensah16_p@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: johnmensah01@myway.com
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 14:32:27 +0000
Subject: Dear Friend (Request Consent)

International Commercial Bank Limited
Makola Shopping Mall
Accra - Ghana, West Africa

From:

The Accountant
International Commercial Bank Ghana
First Light Branch
Accra – Ghana

To:

Sir,

My name is Mr. John Mensah. I am the accountant of the International
Commercial Bank – Ghana, First Light Branch Accra. I am a Ghanaian married
with two kids.

I am writing to solicit your assistance in the noble transfer of
US$3,800,000.00 (Three Million, Eight Hundred Thousand US Dollars). This
fund is the excess of what my branch in which I am the accountant made as
profit during the last year. I have already submitted an approved end of
the last year report for the year 2005 and also submitted report of first
quarter of this year 2006 to my Head Office here in Accra and they will
never know of this Excess. I have since then, placed this amount of
US$3,800,000.00 (Three Million, Eight Hundred Thousand US Dollars) on a
SUSPENCE ACCOUNT without a beneficiary.

As an officer 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 40% of this fund to you while 60% shall be
for me. I do need to stress that there are practically no risk involved in
this. It is going to be a bank-to-bank transfer to your nominated bank
account anywhere you feel safer. 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. You can
contact me on my private telephone +233-24-3626763 or +233-24-2686116. Fax:
+12122023936
E-mail: johnmensah01@myway.com

With regards,


JOHN MENSAH
Note: You can also contact me on my e-mail address (johnmensah02@myway.com)

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