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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: MICHAEL EMMANUEL <emmanuelmichael704@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 22:33:24 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS BENEFICIARY

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DEAR,,,


PLEASE WE WILL LIKE TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR NAME WAS AMONG THE LIST
BANK OF GHANA AUTHORIZED OUR UNIT TO RELEASE YOUR FUND WITHOUT ANY
DELAY. THE SOME OF ($10.500,0000,million US DOLLARS) WE RECEIVED THE
FUND APPROVAL DOCUMENT YESTERDAY BEFORE CLOSING OF WORK.

PLEASE OUR UNIT WILL LIKE YOU TO RECONFIRM YOUR FULL CONTACT &
TELEPHONE NUMBER AS WELL AS YOUR I.D AND BANK PARTICULARS, LIKE:

1) BANK ACCOUNT.

2) BANK NAME

3) ACCOUNT NAME

4) SWIFT CODE

5) BANK CONTACT INFORMATION.

6) INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT

7) PHONE NUMBER AND CONTACT ADDRESS.


WE WANT TO INFORM YOU THAT AS SOON AS YOU PROVIDE THE INFORMATION
STATED ABOVE YOUR FUND WILL GET TO YOU WITHIN 48 HOURS THROUGH ONLINE
MECHANISM SYSTEM WHICH IS SECURED.


SO PLEASE DON'T FAIL TO GET BACK TO US WITH THOSE INFORMATION STATED
ABOVE AND DON'T FAIL TO CONTACT US BACK WITH THIS
EMAIL.(africanmonetaryunit@outlook.com) I HAVE ATTACHED MY OFFICIAL ID
TO THIS EMAIL AND THE OTHER DOCUMENT IS YOUR FUND APPROVAL FROM BANK
OF GHANA.

THANKS,

EMMANUEL MICHAEL.

(OPERATION MANAGER)

AFRICAN MONETARY UNIT

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