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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.
  • info@icbmanager.zzn.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DUNCAN DOUGLAS <duncan_douglas26@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 18:46:44 +0000
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE



From: Duncan Douglas Manager International Commercial Bank kaneshie first-light Branch Ghana. Dear Friend,

My name is Duncan Douglas, I am the regional manager ofthe International Commercial Bank kaneshie branchaccra Ghana. I got your information during my searchthrough the Internet. I am 48years of age and marriedwith 5 lovely kids. It may interest you to hear that Iam a man of PEACE and don't want problem, I only hopewe can assist each other. If you don't want thisbusiness offer kindly forget it as I will not contactyou again.I have packaged a financial transaction that willbenefit both of us, as the regional manager of theInternational Commercial Bank; it is my duty to sendin a financial report to my head office in the capitalcity Accra at the end of each year. On the course ofthe last year 2006 end of year report, I discoveredthat my branch in which I am the manager made Threemillion seven hundred fifty thousand dollars[3,750.000.00] which my head office are not aware ofand will never be aware of. I have since place thisfund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without anybeneficiary.As an officer of the bank I can not be directlyconnected to this money, so this informed mycontacting you for us to work so that you can assistreceive this money into your bank account for us toSHARE. While you will have 30% of the total fund .Notethere are practically no risk involved, it will bebank to bank transfer, all I need from you is to standclaim as the original depositor of this fund who madethe deposit with our branch so that my Head office canorder the transfer to your designated bank account. Ifyou accept this offer to work with me, I willappreciate it very much. As soon as I receive yourresponse I will details you on how we can achieve itsuccessfully.

I want you to reply to my business email address, info@icbmanager.zzn.com
Best regards,Mr Duncan Douglas..
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