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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 united states 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)
• 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.
  • davidmart1@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "martins david" <david_mart20@livedoor.com>
Reply-To: davidmart2@sify.com
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:04:32 +0100
Subject: REGARDS


From: Mr.David Martins
Accra, Ghana.

Hello Dear

I got your contact during my search for a reliable,honest and a trust worthy
person to entrust this huge transfer project with My name is Mr.David
Martins,Branch manager of a financial institution here in Ghana. I am a
Ghanaian married with two kids.

I am writing to solicit your assistance in the transfer of $ 7,597.864.00
Million United States dollars only. This fund is the excess of what my
branch in which am the manager made asprofit during the 2005 financial year.

I have already submittedannual report for that year to my head office here
in Accra Ghana as Ihave watched with keen interest as they will never know
of this excess I have since, placed this amount of $ 7,597.864.00 Million
United States dollars only to an Escrow Code
account without a beneficiary(anonymous) to avoid trace

As an officer of the bank, I cannot bedirectly connected to this money due
to civil service code which formits civil servants from owing or operating
foreign currency account coupled with the fact that the fund is huge thus I
am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money into your
bank account on my behalf

I intend to part 30% of this fund to you while 70% shall befor me. 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 legally processed to your
name and be transferred to your account. If you accept this offer, I will
appreciate your timely response to my

private email: davidmart1@sify.com


WithRegards,

Mr.David Martins

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