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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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• 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.
  • email.edwardmensah_02@inmail24.com

Fraud email example:

From: "edward mensah" <edward_4_mensah@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:37:43 +0000
Subject: AWAITING YOUR REPLY

From: Mr. Edward Mensah.
Accra, Ghana.

Dearest:

I got your contact during my search for a reliable,honest and a trust worth
person to entrust this huge transfer project with.My name is Mr.Edward
Mensah, manager of the above named financial institution.I am a Ghanaian
married with two kids. I am writing to solicit your assistance in the
transfer of $4,550.000.00 million U.S dollars only,equivalent to 2.5 million
pounds.

This fund is the excess of what my branch in which I am the managermade as
profit during the 2004 financial year. I have already submitted annual
report for that year to my head office here in Accra as I have watched with
keen interest as they will never know of this excess.
I have since, placed this amount of $4,550.000.00 million U.S dollars onan
Escrow Coded account without a beneficiary (anonymous) to avoid trace. 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 on my behalf.

I intend to part 30% of this fund to you while 70% shall be for me. I do
need to stress that there are practically no risk involved in this. 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 so that the fund can be transferred to your
account.If you accept this offer,
I will appreciate your timely response to my private
email.edwardmensah_02@inmail24.com

With Regards,

Mr. Edward Mensah.

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