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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: dkwesib@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:34:48 +0000
Subject: Thank you for accommodating our inquiry.


Dear Friend,

My name is Dennis Kwesi, I am the regional manager of the International
Commercial Bank Tema Accra Ghana I got your information during my search
through the Internet. I am 48years of age and married with 4lovely kids. It
may interest you to hear that I am a man of PEACE and don't want problem,I
only hope we can assist each other.If you don't want this businessoffer
kindly forget it, as I will not contact you again. I have packaged a
financial transaction that will benefit both of us,as the regional manager
of the International Commercial Bank it is my duty to send in a financial
report to my head office in the capital city Accra at the end of each year.
On the course of the last year 2007 end of year
report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made Three
million five hundred thousand dollars [US$3, 500.000.00] which my head
office are not aware of and will never be aware of. I have since plac e this
fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary.
As an officer of the bank I can not be directly connected to this money,so
thisinformed my contacting you for us to work so that you can assist receive
this money into your bank account for us to SHARE.While you will have 50% of
the total fund. I will appreciate it very much. As soon as I receive your
response I will details you on how we can achieve it

successfully.
Best regards,
Mr Dennis kwesi.

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