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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: Richard Allen <richardallen222@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:52:07 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Fill the application and send to the bank


Dear VICTIMNAME,

Thanks a lot for your mail.Please fill the application and send to the bank.The email address of the bank:

metropolitanghana@mail.bg
Mr.Richard Allen
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APPLICATION FOR CLAIM OF MY LATE COUSIN'S ACCOUNT
METROPOLITAN AND ALLIED BANK (GH) LTD.
Valco Trust House, Castle Road Branch,Accra Ghana
EMAIL: metropolitanghana@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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