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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: dribrahim dabla <dribrahimdabla11@yahoo.de>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 08:48:35 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: FILL THE APPLICATION FORM AND SEND TO THE BANK



Dear VICTIMNAME,

Thanks for your mail.I am very happy to hear from you. The issue of the money you spent and have not yet received it will be a thing of the past once we conclude this transaction.
I want you to trust me and have full confidence in me . If life is a subsatnce i would have given you mine as an assurance that this transaction is real.

We will have to proceed with this transaction without any delay beacuse we will have to conclude this transaction within the next seven working days.

Below is the application form fill the whole details required in the blank space and send to the bank with the bank's email there and also remember to send me a copy of it for my perusal.

I will also want to have your telephone number for my oral communications.
I wait to hear from you.

Dr Ibrahim Dabla.

APPLICATION FOR CLAIM OF MY LATE COUSIN'S ACCOUNT

METROPOLITAN AND ALLIED BANK (GH) LTD.
Valco Trust House, Castle Road Branch,Accra Ghana
EMAIL: metropolitanbankgh@mail.bg

Dear Sir,
I Mr/Mrs -------------------------------------humbly apply as the next of kin of Mr.Paul Philip who was a registered customer of your bank, he is the holder of a fixed deposit account in your bank. This account is said to hold an estimated.$12,500,000.00USD(TWELVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY).

Bellow is the account information of my late cousin:

Account # :6457128429
Beneficiary:Mr.Paul Philip
Deposited :$12,500,000.00USD (only)

Please kindly be informed that my late cousin Mr.Paul Philip operated a company in Accra Ghana, by the name of chrome oil Services Ltd. in Ghana, West Africa. Since his death, I have been unable to come forward to claim this fund due to family problems and personal issues. Please upon acknowledge of this application, I would be please to provide more information that may be required.

Hence I would like to send in all his neccessary documents if required inother to prove my status claim. I respectfully request your expedience in treating this matter with uptmost urgency, hence I will need the funds to continue running the familys business in our country, since we are no longer conducting business in Accra Ghana. I will await your response towards this issue.

PHONE NUMBER:--------------------------------------------------

FAX NUMBER:--------------------------------------------------------

HOME ADDRESSS:------------------------------------------------

Kindly be informed that my late Cousin's fund should be transferred to the account below :

BANK NAME :----------------------------------------------------------

ACCOUNT NUMBER:-----------------------------------------------

YOUR AGE.-------------------------------------------------------------

PROFFESSION--------------------------------------------------------

YOUR NAME:----------------------------------------------------------

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