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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:
  • "million pounds" (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)
• 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.
  • lami_kallon@gazeta.pl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: LAMI KALLON <lami_kallon.2000@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: lami_kallon@gazeta.pl
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 23:07:26 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Regards


Hello,

Compliments of the day.Forgive my indignation if this message comes to
you as a surprise and may offend your personality for contacting
you without your prior consent and writing through this unofficial channel.

My name is Lami kallon,manager of the financial institution in west
african region.I am a Ghanaian married with four kids.I am writing
to solicit for your assistance in the transfer of $4,550.000.00 million U.S
dollars only,equivalent to 2.5 million pounds.I got your contact
during my search for a reliable,honest and a trust worthy person to entrust
this huge transfer project with.

This fund is the excess of what my branch in which I am the manager
made as profit during the 2005 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.

Could you be kind enough to render your services in this regard, I intend
to part 30% of this fund to you.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, I will appreciate your timely response to my
private email lami_kallon@gazeta.pl

Regards
Lami kallon



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