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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.
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: "Fedrick Douglas" <fedoulas2@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 1980 05:14:12 -0800
Subject: Good project....reply urgent.
IT IS MY PLEASURE.
I AM WRITTING YOU FROM GHANA BEING I AM NOW TO BE SAFE WITH MY MOTHER.
MY NAME IS FEDRICK DOUGLAS, FROM SIERRA LEONE WEST AFRICA, MY LATE FATHER WAS THE MANAGER OF LEONEAN COMMERCIAL BANK DURING THE CIVIL WAR IN MY COUNTRY MY LATE FATHER QUICKLY DEPOSITED THE SUM OF $20MILLION DOLLARS (TWENTY MILLION US DOLLARS) INTO HIS FORIEGN PARTNERS ACCOUNT IN GHANA, AFTER I CAME DOWN TO GHANA AND I FIND OUT THAT HIS FOREIGN PARTNER WAS LATE TOO.
MY MAIN PURPOSE OF WRITING YOU THIS LETTER IS THAT I WANT YOU TO HELP ME STAND AS OUR FOREIGN PARTNER IN OVERSEA FOR THIS BANK HERE IN GHANA, TO TRANSFER THIS FUND FROM THE DEPOSIT BANK HERE INTO YOUR OWN BANK ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY, I CANNOT STAY IN AFRICA OR INVEST THIS FUND HERE IN AFRICA.
FOR YOUR INTEREST REPLY KINDLY FORWARD ME YOUR BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION WHERE THIS FUND WILL TRANSFER INTO WITH YOUR FULL ADDRESS, AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU I WILL PROCEED TO FORWARD YOU WITH ALL THE PROCIDURES.
WRITTING YOU FROM GHANA BEING I AM NOW TO BE SAFE WITH MY MOTHER.
20% FOR YOUR HELP.
FROM FEDRICK DOUGLAS.
CALL US ON +233 -24-3689756
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