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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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  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: tawiah_simeon@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 14:35:32 +0000
Subject: Please partner with me (Thanks)


Dear Friend,


NOTE: You may have received mails in the past but this is not one,i am doing
this for a reason to save my son,please do not disregard this mail,i need
your help,God bless you.


My Name is Mr. Simeon Tawiah,I am the General Manager, Finance and
Administration of the UniBank Accra Ghana.I got your information during my
search through the Internet.It may interest you to hear that I am a man of
PEACE and don't want problems,I only hope we can assist each other.If you
don't want this business offer kindly forget it as I will not contact you
again.


I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us,as the
General Manager, Finance and Administration of the UniBank Accra Ghana; it
is my duty to send in a financial report to my head office at the end of
each year. On the course of the last year 2007 end of year report,I
discovered that my branch made Ten million Seven hundred and fifty thousand
dollars (US$10,750.000.00) which my head office are not aware of and will
never be aware of. I have since placed 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
this informed my contacting you for us to work so that you can assist to
receive this money into your bank account for us to SHARE. While you will
have 40% of the total fund. Note there are practically no risk involved,it
will be bank to bank transfer,all I need from you is to stand claim as the
original depositor of this fund who made the deposit with our branch so that
my Head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account.


If you accept this offer to work with me,I will appreciate it very much. As
soon as I receive your response I will detail you on how we can achieve it
successfully.


Please indicate your genuine willingness and your urgent response.


Best regards,
Mr. Simeon Tawiah.

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