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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: "Essien Solomon" <essien_solomon82@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mressiensfamily@yahoo.pl
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 13:28:35 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY

Dear Friend,


My name is Mr Essien Solomon, am a ghanian and I am the manager of
International Commercial bank of Ghana cape coast branch in the eastern
region of Ghana. I got your contact when I was searching for an overseas
partner to assist me through banker's seminar held in U.K .

I write you this Letter in good faith; I am 45 years old married with two
lovely kids. I have packaged this 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 Ghana (Accra) at the end
of each year business. On the course of the last years 2006 business report,
I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made four million,
three hundred thousand united state dollars which my head office are not
aware of and will never be aware of it.

I have deposited this fund myself in a suspence account called ESCROW CALL
ACCOUNT with no beneficiary. As the branch manager of this bank I cannot be
directly connected to this money, so that is where you come in to assist me
receive this funds in your bank account and I will give get 35% of the total
fund as your own share.

It is going to a bank-to-bank transfer, and all I want you to do is to
stand and claim as the person who deposit the fund with my branch so that
my head office will immediately order the transfer to your designated bank
account.
If you agree to assist me, I will immediately program your full
information’s in the computer system here in my own branch as an account
owner in International Commercial bank of Ghana because that is where the
fund generated from.

If you accept to work with me I will appreciate it very much.

Thank you for your understanding and co-operation. God bless you.

Yours Truly,
Mr Essien Solomon

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