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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: PATRICK OWUSU <pat_owusu@easymail.hu>
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 18:17:14 +0100
Subject: From; Mr. PATRICK OWUSU

From; Mr. PATRICK OWUSU
Mobile: 233-243629975
Private fax: 233-21409821

Dear Sir

I have a proposal for you - this however is not
mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honor
against your will.

I have to introduce myself first; my name is Benson
Addo a banker workingwith one of the leading banks in
West Africa. In this bank existed a dormant account
for the past 8 years, which belong to a Syria national
who is now late. When we discovered that there had
been no deposits nor withdrawals from this account for
this long period, I and my two other colleagues
decided to carry out a system investigation and
discovered that non of the family member nor relations
of the late Syrian is aware of this account.This is
the story in a nutshell. Now we want an account
overseas where wecan transfer these funds.

Thereafter, we had planned to destroy all related
documents for this account. It is a careful network
and for the past eleven months we have worked out
everything to ensure a hitch-free operation.

The amount is not so much at the moment and plus all
the accumulated interest the balance in this account
stands at US$12.7 million US dollars.

Now our questions are: -

1.Can you handle this project?
2.Can we give you this trust?
3.What will be your commission?

Consider this and get back at us as soon as possible.
Finally, it is our humble prayer that the information
as contained here in is accorded the necessary
attention, urgency as well as the secrecy it deserves.


I hope my mail did not come as an embarrassment to
you, but if it does please kindly accept my apologies.


Thanks in anticipation.

Respectfully yours,

Mr. PATRICK OWUSU
(Ghana West Africa)



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