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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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• 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.
  • akoto.steve2@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: STEVE AKOTO <steve.akoto@ozu.es>
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:19:30 +0200
Subject: I AWAIT YOUR RESPONSE




Attn: Dearest Friend,

My Name is Mr. Steve Akoto,I am a manager of A BANK IN GHANA (I WILL MENTI=
ON DETAILS IF YOU ARE INTERESTED).
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I got your information during my search through the Internet.It may intere=
st you to hear that I am a man of PEACE and don't want problems,I only hop=
e we can assist each other. If you don't want this business offer kindly f=
orget it as I will not contact you again.
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I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us,as th=
e Director ; 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 2008 end of year =
report,I discovered that my branch made Twelve million Seven hundred and f=
ifty thousand dollars (US$12,750.000.00) which my head office are not awar=
e of and will never be aware of. I have since placed this fund on what we =
call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary.
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As an officer of the bank I can not be directly connected to this money, s=
o 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,i=
t will be bank to bank transfer,all I need from you is to stand claim as t=
he 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 accoun=
t.
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If you accept this offer to work with me,I will appreciate it very much. A=
s soon as I receive your response I will detail you on how we can achieve =
it successfully.
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Please indicate your genuine willingness and your urgent response. You can=
reach me through the following addresses=20

steve.akoto@ozu.es [mailto:steve.akoto@ozu.es]

steve.akoto1@ozu.es [mailto:steve.akoto1@ozu.es]

akoto.steve2@yahoo.com [mailto:akoto.steve2@yahoo.com]

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Best regards,
Mr. Steve Akoto

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