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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: "Edward Nwachukwu" <edwardd_nwachukwu@latinmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 18:10:51 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: FROM:EDWARD NWACHUKWU.


FROM:EDWARD NWACHUKWU.
TELE: 233-24-228-1085


DEAR FRIEND,

MY NAME IS EDWARD NWACHUKWU, I AM THE MANAGER OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK OF GHANA KOFORIDUA BRANCH IN THE EASTERN REGION OF GHANA. I GOT YOUR INFORMATION ON A BANK CONFERENCE WITH OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES HELD IN ABIDJAN THE CAPITAL CITY OF COTE DIVOIRE IN WEST AFRICA. I WRITE YOU THIS LETTER IN GOOD FAITH; I AM 57 YEARS OLD WITH THREE KIDS.

I HAVE PACKAGED A TRANSACTION THAT WILL BENEFIT YOU AND ME, AS THE BRANCH MANAGER OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK IT IS MY DUTY TO SEND A REPORT TO MY HEAD OFFICE IN THE CAPITAL CITY ACCRA AT THE END OF EACH YEAR BUSINESS. ON THE COURSE OF THE LAST TWO YEARS 2004 BUSINESS REPORT, I DISCOVERED THAT MY BRANCH IN WHICH I AM THE MANAGER MADE SEVEN MILLION OUR HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS WHICH MY HEAD OFFICE IS NOT AWARE OF AND WILL NEVER BE AWARE OF IT.

I HAVE DEPOSITED THIS FUNDS ON WHAT WE CALL FIXED ACCOUNT WITH NO BENEFICIARY. AS THE BRANCH MANAGER OF THIS BANK I CANNOT BE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THIS FUND, SO MY CONTACTING YOU TO THIS TRANSACTION IS TO ASSIST ME RECEIVE THESE FUNDS IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AND GET 25% OF THE TOTAL FUNDS AS YOUR OWN SHARE IF YOU AGREE TO ASSIST ME, I WILL IMMEDIATELY PROGRAM YOUR FULL INFORMATIONS IN THE COMPUTER SYSTEM HERE IN MY OWN BRANCH AS AN ACCOUNT OWNER IN INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK OF GHANA. IT WILL BE A BANK-TO-BANK TRANSFER, AND ALL I NEED FROM YOU IS TO STAND CLAIM AS THE ORIGINAL DEPOSITOR OF THESE FUNDS WHO MADE THE DEPOSIT WITH MY BRANCH SO THAT MY HEAD OFFICE WILL IMMEDIATELY ORDER THE TRANSFER TO YOUR DESIGNATED BANK ACCOUNT.

IF YOU ACCEPT TO WORK WITH ME I WILL APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. MY PHONE NUMBER IS 233-24-228-1085 CALL ME IF YOU THINK WE CAN WORK AS A PARTNER SO THAT I WILL GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS.


THANK YOU IN ADVANCE AS YOU COOPERATE WITH ME AND GOD BLESS YOU.

YOUR SINCERELY,
EDWARD NWACHUKWU.

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