419 scam: "Didan"<ibru221@rediffmail.com> NOTE

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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 uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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.
- didan221@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Didan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <didan@mybestmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:29:36 +1200
Subject: NOTE

FROM THE DESK OF
The Branch Manager
ECO BANK OF GHANA
19 Seventh Avenue, ridge west,
P.O Box 16746, Accra, North Ghana
Dear Friend,
My name is Mr. Didan Kimati. I am the Branch manager of Eco
Bank of Ghana Ridge West branch. I got your information during my search through
the Internet. I am 42 years of age and married with 3 lovely kids. It may
interest you to hear that I am a man of PEACE and don't want problems, but am
telling you this because its 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 as I will not contact you
again.
As the branch manager of the Eco Bank of Ghana, it is my duty to send in a financial report to my head office at the end of each year.
In my 2008 end of the year balance sheet report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made Fourteen Million, Seven Hundred and fifty
thousand dollars in excess [14,750.000.00] 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 cannot be directly connected to
this money, so that explains my contacting you for us to work so that you can
assist receive this money into your bank account for us to SHARE. You can have
30% of the total fund. Note there are practically no risk involved, it would
be a 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; also you can forward your private Telephone number for speedy relation on this matter. As soon as I receive your response I will details you on how we can achieve it successfully.
Best Regards
Didan Kimati
Email: didan221@yahoo.com

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