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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• 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.
  • mr.josephkwame00@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mr.joseph kwame <kwame.gh24@msn.com>
Reply-To: <mr.josephkwame00@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 18:13:37 +0000
Subject: Esteemed Compliments



Mr. Joseph Kwame
Branch Manager
Eco Bank of Ghana
First Light Branch
Accra, Ghana .
Email:(mr.josephkwame00@gmail.com)


Esteemed Compliments,


I anticipate that you read this mail quickly and let me know your opinion or willingness on this classified information that I will release to you. Firstly, I am a happily married man with 3 kids and therefore I would not want to jeopardize this opportunity to change my financial status that will give my family a secured future.


I am Mr. Joseph Kwame, the branch manager of the Eco Bank Of Ghana Limited, First Light Branch Accra. I am 48 years of age. It may interest you to hear that I am a man of PEACE and don't want problem, but I don't know how you will feel about this, but I am telling you that this is real and you are not going to regret after doing this transaction with me. I only hope we can assist each other. But if you don't want this business offer kindly forget it.


I have since place this fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary. As an officer of the bank I cannot be directly connected to this money, so this informed 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 35% 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 kind response, I will give you details on how we can achieve it successfully.


please reply me on this mail for more details (mr.josephkwame00@gmail.com)
Best Regards
Mr. Joseph Kwame

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