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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: "Jude Dennis" <judedennis_01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: judedennis@walla.com
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 13:06:50 +0000
Subject: ASSISTANCE AND URGENCY.

INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK,
HIGH STREET BRANCH,
TAKORADI, GHANA.



DEAR ,

MY NAME IS JUDE DENNIS, I AM THE REGIONAL MANAGER OF
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK,
OF DAKAR BRANCH IN THE WESTERN REGION OF
TAKORADI. I GOT YOUR INFORMATION ON A RECENT BANK
CONFERENCE WITH OTHER WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES HELD IN
LOME THE CAPITAL CITY OF TOGO IN WEST AFRICA. I WRITE
YOU THIS PROPOSAL IN GOOD FAITH, I AM 42 YEARS OLD
MARRIED WITH TWO KIDS. I AM A DEVOTED CHRISTIAN
AND A MAN OF PEACE.

I HAVE PACKAGED A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION THAT WILL
BENEFIT YOU AND I,AS THE REGIONAL MANAGER OF THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK IT IS MY DUTY TO SEND IN A FINANCIAL
REPORT TO MY HEAD OFFICE IN THE CAPITAL CITY ACCRA AT
THE END OF EACH BUSINESS YEAR. ON THE COURSE OF THE
LAST YEAR 2004 BUSINESS REPORT, I DISCOVERED THAT MY
BRANCH IN WHICH I AM THE MANAGER MADE FIVE MILLIONS, US
DOLLARS($5, MILLIONS DOLLARS WHICH MY HEAD
OFFICE ARE NOT AWARE OF AND WILL NEVER BE AWARE OF. I
HAVE PLACED THIS FUNDS ON WHAT WE CALL ESCROW CALL
ACCOUNT WITH NO BENRFICIARY. AS AN OFFICER OF THIS BANK
I CANNOT BE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THIS MONEY, SO MY AIM
OF CONTACTING YOU IS TO ASSIST ME RECEIVE THIS MONEY IN
YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AND GET 20% OF THE TOTAL FUNDS AS
COMMISSION. THERE ARE PRACTICALLY NO RISK INVOLVED, IT
WILL BE A BANK TO BANK TRANSFER, ALL I NEED FROM YOU IS
TO STAND CLAIM AS THE ORIGINAL DEPOSITOR OF THIS FUNDS
WHO MADE THE DEPOSIT WITH MY BRANCH SO THAT MY HEAD
OFFICE CAN ORDER THE TRANSFER
TO YOUR DESIGNATED BANK ACCOUNT.

IF YOU ACCEPT TO WORK WITH ME I WILL APPRECIATE IT VERY
MUCH. YOU CAN REACH ME ON MY EMAIL AS APPEARED ON THIS MAIL
IF YOU THINK WE CAN WORK TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN GO
OVER THE DETAILS.I WILL PROVIDE MY PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS ON YOUR
REQUEST,YOU CAN CONTACT ME MY PRIVATE BOX judedennis@walla.com
THANKS YOU IN ADVANCE AND MAY GOD
BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
YOURS TRULY
JUDE DENNIS


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