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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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Fraud email example:

From: Anthony Lamptey <tonlamptey_99@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <alamptey@eyou.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 21:06:53 +0000
Subject: RE: thanks



International Commercial Bank. First Light Kaneshie Branch
Accra, Ghana.

Dear Confidant,

Pardon me for not having the pleasure of knowing your mindset before making you this offer. This is utterly confidential and genuine by virtue of its nature. I am Mr. Anthony Lamptey, the manager of the International Commercial Bank Ghana (ICB), First Light Kaneshie branch, Accra -Ghana.

I am writing for your assistance in the transfer of one million, nine hundred and fifty thousand United States dollars ( $1,950.000.00 ) into any account of your choice. This fund is the excess of what my branch in which I am the manager made as profit during the last fiscal year. I have already submitted an approved end of the year report for the year 2006 to my head office here in Accra and they were not aware of this excess and will never know of it. I have since then, placed this amount of $1,950.000.00USD in a Non-Resident account without a beneficiary.

Please note that as a staff of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money; thus I am impelled to request for your assistance and partnership to receive this money into your bank account. And as my partner you are entitled to 30% of this fund, while 70% shall be for me. I do need to stress that, it's going to be a bank-to-bank transfer.

Your timely response will be highly appreciated.

Yours Truly,Mr. Anthony Lamptey.
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