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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. Sam Appah" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <samaphht191@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 07:19:05 -0700
Subject: FORM. Mr, Sam Appah?

PAYMENT & SETTLEMENT COMMITTEE
Our Ref: PSC/ACC/3GB/001/2013

Date: 26/10/2013



Attention Beneficiary:



RE: TRANSFER OF US$870,650.00 ONLY INTEREST INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.



I am the Director, Payment & Settlement Committee, Accra, Ghana. Sometime ago, your fund was deposited in a local bank by Bank of Ghana, Accra and after a period of time, they recalled the fund back to their treasury. For the period of time this fund stayed in the local bank, it generated an interest of US$870,650.00 only which we consider must be paid to you since you are the beneficiary. As a matter of fact we the management of this Committee has resolved and decided to pay the interest of the fund via Swift Transfer into your account.


What we need from you now is any form of identification like your international passport or your driving license and your direct telephone number(s) for easy communication. In view of this, you are hereby instructed to contact this office immediately you receive this message and reconfirm the above stated details. We are poised to serve you better and on a last note, we want you to keep this correspondence secret because all the officials that are involved in your principal amount doesn't know about the existence of this fund.


We are waiting to hear from you


Best regards,


Mr. Sam Appah
Director, Payment & Settlement Committee.
Accra, Ghana.

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