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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: "Mark Mensah" <mark_mensah@msn.com>
Reply-To: markmensah01@yahoo.co.in
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 09:50:25 +0000
Subject: FROM: LITTLE MARK MENSAH

FROM: LITTLE MARK MENSAH
KUMASI GHANA,In West Africa.

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship
with you. We got your contact from a computerize data following my effort
searching for a trustworthy person to assist us.
I am MARK MENSAH the only SON of late CHIFE and Mrs Alfred.G.MENSAH,I am
here with only ,My father was/a very wealthy gold / cocoa merchant in
Kumasi, the economic region of Ghana before he was poisoned to death by his
business associates on one of their outing to discuss on a business deal.

When our mother died,our father took me to his private Attonery special
because iam motherless.Before the death of my father in a private hospital
here in Kumasi,He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has
a sum of Eleveen Million United States Dollars (USD$11M)Only deposited in a
secuirty company here on his name.

He also explained to us that it was because of this wealth and some huge
amount of money his business associates supposed to balance him from the
deal they had that he was poisoned by his business associates, that we
should seek for a God fearing foreign partner in a country of our choice who
can assist me in claiming this fund from the bank for us for investment
purposes and use it for investment purpose, (such as real estate
management).

But because of my present situation in my country i want to transfer the
money out of the country as we don't know what might happen next.

I honourably seeking your assistance in the following way.

( 1) To act as the foreign partner of our late father by claiming this fund
from the secuirty company were my father deposited it .

Moreover , I am willing to offer you 15% of the sum as compensation for
effort input after the successful transfer of this fund to your your
country overseas.Anticipating to hear from you soon. reply me through my
private email markmensahjr1@yahoo.fr
Thanks and God Bless.

MARK MENSAHFROM: LITTLE MARK MENSAH
KUMASI GHANA,In West Africa.

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship
with you. We got your contact from a computerize data following my effort
searching for a trustworthy person to assist us.
I am MARK MENSAH the only SON of late CHIFE and Mrs Alfred.G.MENSAH,I am
here with only ,My father was/a very wealthy gold / cocoa merchant in
Kumasi, the economic region of Ghana before he was poisoned to death by his
business associates on one of their outing to discuss on a business deal.

When our mother died,our father took me to his private Attonery special
because iam motherless.Before the death of my father in a private hospital
here in Kumasi,He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has
a sum of Eleveen Million United States Dollars (USD$11M)Only deposited in a
secuirty company here on his name.

He also explained to us that it was because of this wealth and some huge
amount of money his business associates supposed to balance him from the
deal they had that he was poisoned by his business associates, that we
should seek for a God fearing foreign partner in a country of our choice who
can assist me in claiming this fund from the bank for us for investment
purposes and use it for investment purpose, (such as real estate
management).

But because of my present situation in my country i want to transfer the
money out of the country as we don't know what might happen next.

I honourably seeking your assistance in the following way.

( 1) To act as the foreign partner of our late father by claiming this fund
from the secuirty company were my father deposited it .

Moreover , I am willing to offer you 15% of the sum as compensation for
effort input after the successful transfer of this fund to your your
country overseas.Anticipating to hear from you soon. reply me through my
private email markmensahjr1@yahoo.fr
Thanks and God Bless.

MARK MENSAHFROM: LITTLE MARK MENSAH
KUMASI GHANA,In West Africa.

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship
with you. We got your contact from a computerize data following my effort
searching for a trustworthy person to assist us.
I am MARK MENSAH the only SON of late CHIFE and Mrs Alfred.G.MENSAH,I am
here with only ,My father was/a very wealthy gold / cocoa merchant in
Kumasi, the economic region of Ghana before he was poisoned to death by his
business associates on one of their outing to discuss on a business deal.

When our mother died,our father took me to his private Attonery special
because iam motherless.Before the death of my father in a private hospital
here in Kumasi,He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has
a sum of Eleveen Million United States Dollars (USD$11M)Only deposited in a
secuirty company here on his name.

He also explained to us that it was because of this wealth and some huge
amount of money his business associates supposed to balance him from the
deal they had that he was poisoned by his business associates, that we
should seek for a God fearing foreign partner in a country of our choice who
can assist me in claiming this fund from the bank for us for investment
purposes and use it for investment purpose, (such as real estate
management).

But because of my present situation in my country i want to transfer the
money out of the country as we don't know what might happen next.

I honourably seeking your assistance in the following way.

( 1) To act as the foreign partner of our late father by claiming this fund
from the secuirty company were my father deposited it .

Moreover , I am willing to offer you 15% of the sum as compensation for
effort input after the successful transfer of this fund to your your
country overseas.Anticipating to hear from you soon. reply me through my
private email markmensahjr1@yahoo.fr
Thanks and God Bless.

MARK MENSAH


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