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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "transaction is risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "my direct telephone number" (i.e. "call me on my cellphone at the Internet cafe where we scammers hang out")
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Danladi Ibrahim <ibrahimgh0@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: danladi_ibrahimgh@accountant.com
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:10:28 -0800 (PST)
Subject: I am waiting for your response.............ASAP



Atten;Pls

I know this my letter will come to you so surprise, Before I continue, I wish to introduce my self to you.


I am Mr Danladi Ibrahim, A ghanain of 56years old, married with a wife and four children, Two boys and two girls.


At present, I am the branch manager of SG-SSB Bank,Takuradi branch Ghana.
I write to solicit your permission ,If you will sincerely and honoestly accummodate
the sum of $13,520,000 (Thirteen million, five Hundred and twenty thousand) united states
dollars only.

This fund came as a result of over marginal profit that was left in our ledger book
for the year 2004/2005 third quater accounting period. As such ,
Tthis amount has been floating in the ledger book without anybody claiming it, as a matter of fact,


since I am the manager of this branch(Takoradi) I seek you kindly forward to me your
telephone and your full particulars,(Address) To enable me creat an account
file in your favour to transfer this fund to your overseas account for disbursement as follows;

You we be entitle for 30% for your assistant, 0.5% will be maped out for expense
while 65% will be kept in your account pending the arrival of my wife in your
country for the treatment of her breast cancer,

i will not fail to intimate you that due to our poor salary here, i could not be able to carryout her breast cancer oparetions which cost a lot of money and with this, if you could assist and this workout as plan,she will then carryout the oparetion in order to save her life for
me, for this reason, i have taking this action.

Please be informed that this transaction is risk free and as long as i am going to
monitor all paper works from table to table untill the transfer is effected into your overseas account.

I am waiting for your favourable reply.Or you contact me with my private Or my direct telephone number below my name here
email; danibrahim@accountant.com

Yours faithfully.

Mr Danladi Ibrahim
Tel; +233-275 190254

Branch Manager
Sg-SSB BANK LIMITED
TAKORADI-GHANA.



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