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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:

Fraud email example:

From: Jameela Adel <jameela.2001@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:24:28 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Jameela Adel vous recommande un article sur Mon Toit

Mon Toit.ca

Mon Toit

Bonjour,
Jameela Adel veut partager avec vous un article trouvé sur le site Mon Toit.

Cliquez sur le lien suivant pour y accéder :

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Message: From Ms. Jameela Majida Adel ECOBank PLC No. 108 Ridge Layout Accra-Ghana Dearest. Greetings to you in the name of our heavenly God, This mail might come to you as a surprise and the temptation to ignore it as unserious could come into your mind; but please, consider it a divine wish and accept it with a deep sense of humility. I am Mr. Jameela Majida Adel, the branch manager of Ecobank PLC. No.108 Ridge Layout Accra Ghana. I am 36 years and a single mother one. I am a Ghanaian, honest and humble. I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as the regional manager of Ecobank PLC here in Ghana. It is my duty to send in a financial report to my head office in the capital city Accra at the end of each business year. On the course of the last year 2006/2007 business report, I discovered that my branch made US$29,600.000.00 (Twenty nine million six hundred thousand united state dollars).So I used my jurisdiction as the branch manager to keep out $8,600,000.00 into an escrow anonymous account without beneficiary which my head office are not aware of and will never be aware of. As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected to this money, so my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this money in your bank account and get 30% of the total funds as your commission. I am also willing to invest my own part of the money into any moving business in your country after the accomplishment of this project. There are practically no risks involved, it will be a bank to bank transfer, and all I need from you is to stand and claim as the original depositor of these funds who made the deposit with my branch so that my head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account. I will be very happy if you will be willing to work with me on this project. Mail me if you think we can work together so that we can forge ahead. Thank you in advance and May God bless you and your family. Yours Sincere Ms. Jameela Majida Adel


Merci!

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