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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:
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "@lawyer.com" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "foreign exchange" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "ecowas " (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- bnkbcls@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- to you through barclays bank of ghana. barclaysbnkgh@w.cn/bnkbcls@gmail.com i am hereby inform you that all notable figure of ecowas (W; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: "john mills" <johnm@presidency.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 05:39:56 -0400
Subject: President of the Republic of Ghana John D. Mahama.
Dear Sir,
I am Prof. John Atta Mills, the President of Republic of Ghana /President of ECOWAS(Dr. Good luck Jonathan) the president of Nigeria, with the republic of Ghana have called for a change in approach towards achieving regional and international integration and making it a collective Endeavor worthy to be pursued jointly by both private and public sectors locally and internationally. And your name came to appear on the list of donor to charity children in Africa. Whereby you have been spend a lot amount of money. In support to prop up all foreign exchange reserve join together and given a reasonable alternative. And the Government of Ghana has agreed to render its support to complete this program on how you can quickly get your fund ($15,5M USD) release to you through
BARCLAYS BANK OF GHANA. barclaysbnkgh@w.cn/bnkbcls@gmail.com
I am hereby inform you that all notable figure of ECOWAS BOARD has appointed new partner to stand by you and to protect your interest in any area of your transaction till you receive accomplishment of the transaction.
Your new appointed partners is barrister ABABIO PETER, UNITED NATIONS PUBLIC RELATION OFFICER (P R O) you have to keep him inform of all your transaction here in Ghana so that him can go ahead for verification and him have to confirm to you that the transaction is real or not before you transact it.
So you have to contact your new appointed Lawyer ABABIO PETER, via his Email: un.lawyerababio@lawyer.com keep him inform of your transaction and be faithful with him. And don’t do without him.
President of the
Republic of Ghana
John D. Mahama.
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