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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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Fraud email example:

From: Ahmed<agujais7@outlook.com>
Date: 04 Nov 2017 04:57:24 -0700
Subject: urgent

Dear I am Mr. Destiney Honfery , i am currently the manager foreign banking department of National Investment Ghana Limited, i write you in confidence, that you can keep this information tight without making it public, please i have a juicy transaction which i will like you to partner with me. First its rest assured that the transaction is legal the fund is existing which i will issue you the prove of fund upon request to ascertain the prove of existence of the fund. The amount involved is just Fifteen million four hundred thousand united state dollars, (US$15,400,000.00) this is deposited in the bank and the documents are there for everybody to see, so i will let you know how this will be rapidly concluded without any problem. SOURCE OF THE MONEY. I was the resident account officer of a Mexican who was into some deep business and I met him in a hotel in America and we exchanged pleasantries and I helped him in opening an account which he used in receiving some huge amount and at the end he decided to let me have this money as an appreciation. But according to the ethics of the bank, I cannot allow this money to be in my account because surely it will be questionable and at the end conflict of interest and some allegations will be established that is why I put the money under ghost name in an ESCROW CALL ACCOUNT. HOW DO I INTEND TO DO THIS SUCCESSFULLY? With my experience with Ghana transfer policy, which is not known to many people, the transfer from Ghana is somehow complicated due to numerous documentary requirements and interference of some international monetary agencies, but in this case, we shall bring on board the corresponding bank which is the CITI bank to make payment directly to your account on behalf of the bank; by so doing it will curtail all encumbrances and hectic hitches people encounter in embarking on huge funds transfer. Another available option is that, the National Investment Bank Limited is affiliated to Nordea bank United Kingdom; we can request for an online transfer through it, we have option to choose from, the two options are the best we can think of for the smooth hitch free transfer to your bank account. This will cause no pain or unending requirements documentation. Note that the sharing will be 50/50,you will not invest for me, immediately its credited in your account, i will fly down to the your country to collect my share and i will use it to buy used cars for sell in Ghana. I hope that you will maintain the confidentiality this transaction deserves, also know that is this partnership deal and not charity devoted work. I will give you more details upon hearing from you. I will attach my international passport for you to know who I am upon hearing from you. Kindly get back to me as soon as possible. Regards, Mr. AGU JAIS

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