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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:
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "liberia" (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.
  • mrandy4zenithbank@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Ojei Andy <andymrojei@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrandy_ojei@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:18:49 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM THE M D/CEO ZENITH BANK PLC GHANA,


Premier Towers,
Opposite Pension House,
Liberia Road,
Ministries, Accra, Ghana.
Tel:+233-273908398.


Dear,

With close inquiries made about you, I believe you can handle this matter. I humbly seek your assistance in a matter that needs utmost trust and confidence. I am ANDY OJEI, M D/CEO of Zenith bank in the Federal Republic of Ghana.

There is an account in my bank that has not been updated in the last six years and it has the sum of $9,000,000.00 US$. This money has no beneficiary and severe investigations shows that the account belongs to a foreign company belonging to Eng. Mavericks Thompson who died a couple of years ago. Right now, I am willing to give you 40% of the total sum as your own share if the money is transferred into your account.

The nature of your business is not relevant for the success of this transaction. I have taken all necessary precautions to make sure that the transaction is 100% risk free and it is believed that this transaction will be completed within seven working days. I require you to send me your private email address, phone and fax number for an easy and well secured communication. Please you must keep this transaction secret at all times until you have received the fund in your account.

You may also go through our banking online site (www.zenithbank.com ) to check out my profile there and everything about my bank via this link: (http://www.zenithbank.com.gh/managementteamnoscripts.cfm) When you log on the website, you click on about us and after that, you scroll down to you left and have a click on Management team and I am very sure that you will get to the page and have a look on our management team and me in personal . Until I get this information's I will then relate
to you modalities of transaction, let me hear from you soonest.

Do provide to me your full contact and personal information's as stated below:

Full Name.......................................................
Contact Address............................................
Mobile Phone Number.................................
Fax Number..................................................
Date Of Birth.................................................
Occupation.....................................................
Sex..................................................................


Forward it to my private email address (mrandy4zenithbank@gmail.com)

I am looking forward to your urgent response.


Best regard
Andy Ojei
M D/CEO ZENITH BANK P L C.





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