419 scam: "Mr. George Marvic"<customercare@icbbankinc.com> Get Back To Me ASAP

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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.
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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. George Marvic" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <george.m@icbbankinc.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 12:14:59 -0400
Subject: Get Back To Me ASAP

FROM THE DESK OF MR. GEORGE MARVIC
BRANCH MANAGER INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK
KANESHIE FIRST LIGHT BRANCH
ACCRA NORTH GHANA

Dear Friend,

My name is Mr. George Marvic, I am the Branch manager of the International Commercial Bank of Ghana, Kaneshie branch Ghana. I got your information during my search through the Internet. I am 45years 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 problem, 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.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as the Branch manager of the International Commercial Bank of Ghana; 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 last year 2011 end of the year report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made Eighteen Million, Seven Hundred and fifty thousand dollars [USD 18,750.000.00] which my head office are not aware of and will never be aware of. 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 40% 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 detail you on how we can achieve it successfully.

Best Regards

Mr. George Marvic

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