419 scam: "Ernest Mintah" <info@accessghana.com> Your interest payment of $3.8M

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand u.s dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Ernest Mintah" <info@accessghana.com>
Reply-To: accessbnk.ghanaltd@financier.com
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 00:21:57 +0100
Subject: Your interest payment of $3.8M

Access Bank (Ghana) Limited
Starlets'91 Road, Opposite Accra Sports Stadium, Osu
P.O.Box GP 353, Accra, Ghana
+233 (0) 244788185
https://www.ghana.accessbankplc.com

ATTN:Beneficiary,

RE PAYMENT OF YOUR US$3,800,000.00 ACCRUED INTEREST

After our recent meeting with the board of director of this bank for consideration of the contractors that executed the contract with African countries that has not received their contract payment but was left with asking to pay much taxes with African Nations, we have consider your suffering as one of the contractor affected with this predicament, the government has mandated us to pay you this interest payment which was accrued sometime ago when your contract Fund was brought to our bank from West African Foreign Contractor Payment bureau, for the period of time this money was deposited in this bank, it generated an interest of US$3,800,000.00 (Three Million Eight Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars) which we considered your long suffering as one of the West African Countries contractor that have not received his payment and we have been mandated to pay you this interest fund to your account immediately.

Therefore you are requested to get back to us immediately to inform us your readiness to receive this fund so we can proceed and let you know the next thing to do.
Your urgent response will enable us to make the transfer as soon as possible.

Waiting for your immediate response

Regards,

Dr. Ernest Mintah,
( Director/Head of Financial Control)
Access bank Ghana Ltd.

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