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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)
  • "hundred thousand united state dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
  • charly_sunday25@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "charly Kamara" <charlykamara11@latinmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:19:40 +0100 (CET)
Subject: urgent


DEAR FRIEND,

MY NAME IS MR;CHAR KAMARA I AM THE MANAGER OF
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK OF GHANA KOFORIDUA
BRANCH IN THE EASTERN REGION OF GHANA. I GOT YOUR
INFORMATION ON A BANK CONFERENCE WITH OTHER AFRICAN
COUNTRIES HELD IN ABIDJAN THE CAPITAL CITY OF COTE
D,IVOIRE IN WEST AFRICA. I WRITE YOU THIS LETTER IN
GOOD FAITH; I AM 57 YEARS OLD WITH THREE KIDS.

I HAVE PACKAGED A TRANSACTION THAT WILL BENEFIT YOU
AND ME, AS THE BRANCH MANAGER OF THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMERCIAL BANK IT IS MY DUTY TO SEND A REPORT TO MY
HEAD OFFICE IN THE CAPITAL CITY ACCRA AT THE END OF
EACH YEAR BUSINESS. ON THE COURSE OF THE LAST TWO
YEARS 2004 BUSINESS REPORT, I DISCOVERED THAT MY
BRANCH IN WHICH I AM THE MANAGER MADE SEVEN MILLION
FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS (7.4M) WHICH MY
HEAD OFFICE IS NOT AWARE OF AND WILL NEVER BE AWARE OF IT.

I HAVE DEPOSITED THIS FUNDS ON WHAT WE CALL FIXED
ACCOUNT WITH NO BENEFICIARY. AS THE BRANCH MANAGER OF
THIS BANK I CANNOT BE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THIS FUND,
SO MY CONTACTING YOU TO THIS TRANSACTION IS TO ASSIST
ME RECEIVE THESE FUNDS IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AND GET
25% OF THE TOTAL FUNDS AS YOUR OWN SHARE IF YOU AGREE
TO ASSIST ME, I WILL IMMEDIATELY PROGRAM YOUR FULL
INFORMATIONS IN THE COMPUTER SYSTEM HERE IN MY OWN
BRANCH AS AN ACCOUNT OWNER IN INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL
BANK OF GHANA.

IT WILL BE A BANK-TO-BANK TRANSFER, AND
ALL I NEED FROM YOU IS TO STAND CLAIM AS THE ORIGINAL
DEPOSITOR OF THESE FUNDS WHO MADE THE DEPOSIT WITH MY
BRANCH SO THAT MY HEAD OFFICE WILL IMMEDIATELY ORDER
THE TRANSFER TO YOUR DESIGNATED BANK ACCOUNT.

IF YOU ACCEPT TO WORK WITH ME I WILL APPRECIATE IT
VERY MUCH. MY PHONE NUMBER IS 233274837362 CALL ME
IF YOU THINK WE CAN WORK AS A PARTNER SO THAT I WILL
GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE AS YOU COOPERATE WITH ME AN=
D GOD
BLESS YOU.

YOUR SINCERELY,
MR:CHARLY KAMARA
charly_sunday25@yahoo.fr

Un 2007 de Ins=F3lito, Deporte, Cine o Belleza... =A1Feliz Navidad! htt=
p://pan.starmedia.com/especiales/navidad07/portada/index.html

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam