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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)
  • "inland revenue" (Tax offices mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. Even after you pay their fake tax demands you will still not receive the non-existent funds you have been promised. )
• 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.
  • divianlife@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: philip okezie <abprince5000@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 03:23:56 -0800 (PST)
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP



My dear friend,

My name is Mr. PHILIP OKEZIE. I work with the Standard Chartered Bank of Ghana as the Regional manager, Koforidua Branch, in the Eastern Region of Ghana .

I am 40 years old with three kids. As a branch manager, it is my duty to send a financial report to my head office in the capital city, Accra , at the end of each financial year.

Sequel to the release of the third quarter financial report, ending December, 2006, I discovered that my branch made (Four Million, Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars ($4,350,000.00); from the transactions accruing to the account of the Inland Revenue Service (IRS). This was not detected by the renowned auditors from my head office.

I have diverted the funds into what the bank call Escrow Call Account with no beneficiary. Also the first quarter report for 2007 is out without a trace of it. Meanwhile as you know I can not be directly connected to this money for obvious reasons. So my contacting you is to
assist me receive the funds in your bank account in your country; which I know is possible if you liaise properly with me and I guarantee you get 35% of the total funds as your benefit, for helping to pull the fund out.

The transfer would be via swift and it will be a Bank-to-Bank wired transfer. All I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of this fund. I will compute your particulars as the person who made the deposit in my branch, so that my head office will immediately order the transfer to your designated bank account upon your application/request for
transfer.

Call or mail me if you think we can work together, on +233-24-2155598 and Email: divianlife@yahoo.com.

Thanks for your understanding and co-operation.

Yours truly,

P.OKEZIE.TETTEH.



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