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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: "Chris Roberts" <momois1@sify.com>
Reply-To: momois3@o2.pl
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:34:34 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU ON THIS?




Attention pls,

Firstly, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, Although Let
me start by first introducing myself properly to you. I am Mr.Mohammed D
Kwame, a Manager at the Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd. I came to know of you
in my private search for a reliable and reputable person to handle a very
confidential transaction, which involves the transfer of a huge sum of
money to a foreign account requiring maximum confidence.

A foreigner,(LATE ENGR ADEL HAMS) an oil Merchant /contractor with the
Government of Ghana, until his death three years ago in a ghastly air
crash, banked with us here at the Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd. and had a
closing balance of USD$10.2M (Ten Million, Two Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars) which the bank now expects to be claimed by any of his
available Relative or next of kin without that it will be Considered
frozen.

Valuable efforts are being made by the (G.C.B BANK) to get in touch with
any of late Engr's next of kin (he did not make known his wife or
children) to the Bank. Now the board of directors, are making arrangement
for the fund to be declared "UNCLIAMABLE " and then be subsequently
becomes Bank's money. In order to avert this negative development, that is
why, I seek for your permission to have you stand as the next of kin so
that the fund, USD$10.2M, would be subsequently transferred and paid into
your bank account as the beneficiary (Relative) next of kin.

All documents and proves to enable you get this fund have been carefully
worked out and we are assuring you 100% risk free involvement. Your share
would be 30% of the total amount. While the rest 70% would be for me for
business purposes in your country. If this proposal is OK by you then
kindly get to me immediately via e-mail furnishing me with your most
confidential telephone, and e-mail, so that I can forward to you the
relevant details of this transaction.

Mohammed D Kwame,
Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd

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