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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: "Mr. Andrew isaka" <johnnovo2@verizon.net>
Reply-To: yellow_page7@y7mail.com
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:47:13 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Attention Please




FROM: Mr. Andrew Isaka

EMAIL:info_accra@y7mail.com

OR: numbers_y7@y7mail.com

SUBJECT: Attention Please



Dear friend, this message might meet you in utmost surprise however;

do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal ethics

although, I wish to use this medium to get intouch with you but do take your

good time to go through it. I am MR ANDREW ISAKA, the Audit General Director

of our Bank.



I am pleased to introduce a business opportunity to transfer to your

overseas account the sum of($25.000.000.00 USD) twenty five million US Dollars

from INTERCONTINENTAL BANK where I work in ACCRA GHANA. I discovered a floating

funds in an account opened in our bank since 1998 and since 2003 no body has

operated on the account again, and after going through some old files in the

records, I discovered that the owner of the account died long ago in a plane

crash along with his family without leaving a[Heir/WILL], you can comfirm the

death of the client by opening this link..........

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html



The owner of the account was a foreigner Mr. George Brumley Jr, from

Atlanta United State; He deals on Export and Buying of Gold and Diamond.

Therefore, I need you to stand as a relative to our client to enable me move

the fund to your bank account, i need your strong assurance that you will never

betray me in this business proposition, you dont have to entertain any fear in

this business because i am going to work it out with the influence and position

of my office in the bank as an official, we can transfer this money to any

foreigner’s reliable account which you can provide with assurance that this

money will be intact, pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing,

with a personal conviction of trust and confidence.



I wish to contact you as a foreigner, I am here to work out the release

of the funds, No other person in the office knows about the account, please be

assured of the risk free, I'm the one that will work it out, all I need is your

cooperation because the account content can not be approved to an indigene here

as his next of kin. At the conclusion of this project, I propose a joint

investment of an equal partnership to you or we may share it in a ratio of

40% for you and 60% for me, all document of transaction will be destroy immediately

you receive this fund and there will be no trace to any place.



I beg you don't consider this against moral justification, they are many

other aspects of life we may contribute with this funds to help the less privileged

and the needy in a society than having it shared as an unclaimed bill among Government.

As soon as I hear from you declaring your Interest to participate with me in this

transaction, I will send you more Details about the transaction and all the document's

that prove it. If you agree to my business proposal. Eagerly waiting for your response.

Please contact me via my direct email.



Best regards,

Mr. Andrew Isaka.

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