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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.Haruna Iddrisu" <mriddrisu792013@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mriddrisu79@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2013 06:02:09 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: My Sincere Regards,

Good day to you,

How are you and the members of your family? I hope all is fine at your
end. I am Mr. Haruna Iddrisu. I am the Minister of Trade and Industry of
The Republic of Ghana in this regime of President John Mahama and I was
the Minister for Communications during the regime of Late President Attah
Mills who died on the 24th of July 2012.

Luckily for me, President John Mahama retained me as one of his Cabinet
Members because I have done a great job for my country "Ghana" I got your
e-mail contact from the Data List in the Ministry of commerce and I am
contacting you based on trust because I have the sum of US$25,000,000.00
(Twenty Five Million U.S Dollars) which I made in my past regime as
Minister of Communications. I made this money through a business deal that
involved top Government officials including Late President Attah Mills.

I succeeded in depositing the money with an International Security Company
based here in Ghana. I cannot Invest this money locally here in my country
because it will raise eyebrows and may destroy my reputation as a noble
man. I want to present you as the Beneficiary of this money so that I can
invest my own share of the money in your country. I have set aside 40% for
you 60% will be for me. Let me know if you are interested in working with
me or not. This business is 100% risk free.
Send these details to me if you have agreed in working with me, Full name,
Address, Phone Number and Age.

I am looking forward to receiving your reply so that I can give you more
information on how to proceed. I deposited the said US$25,000,000.00 with
the name of RUNA COMMUNICATIONS LTD, I registered this Company with the
help of my lawyer because I cannot use my name on the Deposit for security
reasons.

I am waiting for your reply.

Regards,
Mr.Haruna Iddrisu.



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