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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • mrlkwameiicb@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Lamptey Kwame" <lkicb00001@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrlkwameicb@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:57:34 +0100
Subject: I NEED YOUR SOONEST RESPONSE


From: Mr.Lamptey Kwame
The Manager International
Commercial Bank Ghana,
First Light Branch
Accra, Ghana.


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 Lamptey
Kwame. I am the manager of the international commercial bank Ghana, first
light branch. I am a Ghanaian married with two kids.

I write to solicit your assistance in a funds transfer deal involving US$
5.3million.This fund was stashed out of the excess profit made last year by
my branch office of the International Commercial Bank of Ghana, which I am
the manager. I have already submitted an approved end-of-the-year report for
the year 2007 to my head office here in Accra-Ghana and they will never know
of this excess. I have also since then, placed this funds on a
Non-Investment Account without a beneficiary.

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. I will guide you on how to apply to my head office for the
Account Closure/bank-to-bank remittance of this funds to your designated
bank account. If you concur with this proposal, I intend for you to retain
30% of the funds while 70% shall be for me.


Your earliest response would be appreciated on the regards.

Sincerely,

Mr.Lamptey Kwame
Reply to my private e-mail :mrlkwameiicb@gmail.com

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