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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)
• 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.
  • samuelkofi.43@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "samuel kofi" <m_samk128@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: samuel_kofi00@latinmail.com
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 06:16:23 +0000
Subject: ATTEN:READ CAREFULLY

From: Mr. Samuel Kofi
Accra, Ghana.
Email:samuelkofi.43@hotmail.com


Dear Friend:

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.Samuel Kofi
manager of the financial institution .I am a Ghanaian married with four
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 manager made 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 on an
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,Please get back to me.But if you're not
interested in this please do not reply.

Regards
Mr Samuel Kofi

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