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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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  • "transaction is risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
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Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Essen Salgamali" <xmali78@live.com>
Reply-To: <dr.esgamali@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:29:24 +0000
Subject: CONTACT ME URGENTLY!!!



CONTACT ME URGENTLY!!!From Dr. Essen Salgamali,(Branch Manager)Ghana Commercial BankFirst Light Branch Accra, GhanaEmail:dr.esgamali@gmail.comAttn: PlsThis message might meet you in utmost surprise however it's just my urgent need for a foreign partner that made me contact you for this. I got your contact during my search for a reliable, trust worthy and honest person to introduce this transfer project with.I wish to introduce my self to you. I am Dr. Essen Salgamali, from Ghana. 55years old, married with a wife and four children, at present,I am the branch manager of Ghana Commercial Bank First Light Branch Accra,Ghana.I write to solicit your permission, if you will sincerely and honestly accommodate the sum of $9, 500.000.00.This fund came as a result of over marginal profit that was left in our ledger book for the year 2005/2006 third quarter accounting period.As such, this 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 (GHANA) I seek you kindly forward to me your telephone and your full particulars,(Address) To enable me create an account file in your favor to transfer this fund to your overseas account for disbursement as follows;You will be entitle to 40% for your assistant, 10% will be mapped out for expense while 50% will be kept in your account pending.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 until the transfer is affected into your overseas account.Kindly acknowledge this my proposal, if accepted please reply to my Gmail account dr.esgamali@gmail.comI am waiting for your favorable reply.Best RegardFrom Dr. Essen Salgamali.
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