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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: Daniel Manoj <manojdan_139@msn.com>
Reply-To: <danoj40@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 11:35:02 +0000
Subject: I Will Appreciate Your Timely Response.



Dear Friend.

Please permit me to introduce myself and also forgive me for contacting you in this manner, my name is Mr. Daniel Manoj, I used to be a financial controller with the Bank of Ghana, I had during my office time secured and deposited some fund with the Ghana Commercial Bank though this fund was deposited as a Escrow Account under a different name, I did this because I suspected that I might have problem with the current government since I am a solid member of the past government and they will like to investigate and make things difficult for me.

In all honesty, that did happen as I predicted and all my assets and accounts had been frozen since they accuse me of diverting a fund loaned from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) I am facing difficulties in this regard but I am very sure that I will be vindicated especially when I am able to move this fund through your account, having moved the fund through your account will give me access to fund in order to pursue the case, I must say that I am lucky that I used the idea of having a safe deposit whereby no one ever know about this account except as I am revealing this to you at the moment.

If you will agree to work this out with me, then I will first ask for your committed honesty and will ask you to please keep all our discussions and transaction confidential, I also need to inform you that I will give out good percentage to you if you will assist me with this issue in all honesty, as I receive your reply, I will then inform you on the procedure.

Sincerely,

Mr.Daniel Manoj

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