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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: james ofori <james_ofori01@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 05:09:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: Attention Mr VICTIMNAME'Details of the Transaction'pls very urgent


Attn Mr VICTIMNAME,

Dear Sir,

Thanks for your kind response to my proposal to you which shall be off good benefit for both of us and our families in a nearest time.First of all I want to assure you of 100% risk free of this transaction as far you will follow all my advise/instruction i will be giving to you.I bet you that this transaction will no take us more one good week for the transfer to be made in your position.

Regarding the issue of your past experience,I want you to know and belived that in a atom of lies in this wolrd there is a truth in it that made the falseful one be doing what they are doing.So please just remove that in your mind so that we can have a good and a smooth tranfer in your favour.I believed that as a man you are,you should be able to know what will be good for us and I just needed your moral and God's fearing in you in this transaction.I believed that I will not be betray by you after this transaction.

My brother,this is the details of the transaction so that we can forg ahead.I have to tell you every truth in it to avoid any complication along the line.I have mapped out my stratagies for this transaction and it has to be that I have to send to you a copy of an application which you have to send to the bank for the cliam but before that you have to first of all Open an International Non-Resident account with the bank here in Ghana for us to safe guard the fund first of all.I have to give you a contact information of one of the banker there which will help you to open an account.I want you to put me off from this transaction with the bank so that I can be here freely enough to be educating you on what to be doing ok.

The International Non-Resident account opening balance will not cost you not less than 3,000.pounds minimum and I have made an arrangment with the cashier so that he can back date your account information as one of the account holder with the bank for a very long time.it is the account information and the application you will send to the head office of the bank for them to know that you ave being banking with them when the late man died.have it in mind that the money still remains your which you have to call for when calling for the whole entire of the fund.

I want you to go through this message very wel and get back to me so that I can give you the contact information of the Cashier so that you can contact him directly to his desk for the account opening while I will be drafting the Application to be send to them with the application.

I wish you all the best for knowing whom i am.

Regards,

Barrister James Ofori.

Note:your contact information like your direct mobile number is highly needed for easier communication because we need to get something done bewtween today and tomorrow.

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