419 scam: Dr Kevin Kwesi <ddrkevin_kwesi001@yahoo.com> Read And Get Back To Me

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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:

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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Dr Kevin Kwesi <ddrkevin_kwesi001@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: <ddrkevin_kwesi01@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:27:59 +0300
Subject: Read And Get Back To Me

From: The Manager,
International Commercial Bank
Kumasi branch
Ghana

Top Urgent Message, Pls.

Hello Dear,

My name is Dr Kevin Kwesi,I
am the branch manager of the International Commercial Bank (ICB) Kumasi
branch Ghana. I got your information during my search through the Internet.
I am married with 2 lovely kids. It may interest you to hear that I am a
Man of peace and I don't want problem, but I do not know how you will feel
about this because you may have double mind. But I am telling you that this
is real deal and you are not going to regret after doing this transaction
with me. I only hope that we can assist each other. But if you don't want
this business offer kindly forget it and I will not contact you again.

I
have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as the
regional manager of the International Commercial Bank, it is my duty to
send in a financial report to my head office in the capital city
(Accra-Ghana) at the end of each year. On the course of the year 2009 year
report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made five
million, five hundred thousand dollar [$5, 500.000.00] which my head office
is not aware of it and will never be aware of. I have since then place this
fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary.

As an
official of the bank I cannot be directly connected to this fund, so this
informed me of contacting you for us to work, so that you can assist and
receive this fund into your bank account for us to SHARE. Mean 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 response, I will give you details
on how we can achieve it successfully.

Best Regards,
Dr Kevin Kwesi

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