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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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Fraud email example:

From: "visa award" <robertdale1@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:56:21 +0000
Subject: Fund Transfer/Contact Mr.George.

From: Mr. George Lamptey,
International Commercial Bank
EMAIL:mrlampteyghana@yahoo.com
Tel. +233 2751 66626.

Dearest,

My name is Mr.Lamptey, I am the Auditor of the International Commercial Bank
Ltd, First Light Kaneshie Branch. I have packaged a financial transaction
that will benefit both of us. I got your information during my search
through the Internet for a reliable and matured investor.

As the Auditor of the Bank, it is my duty to send in a financial report to
myhead office , at the end of each year.On the course of the last years 2006
end ofyear reports, I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager
made One millionnine hundred and fifty thousand dollars [1,950.000.00] which
my head office are not aware of and will never be aware of. I have since
place this fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary. As
an officer of the bank I can not be directly connected to this money, so
this informed my contacting you for us to work so that you can assist and
receive this money into your bank account for us to SHARE.You will have 30%
of the total fund as your reward at the end of the transaction. All i want
you to do is to stand claim as the original depositor of this fund.

I am 53 years of age and married with 3 lovely children. It may interest you
to hear that I am a man of PEACE and don't want problem, I only hope we can
assist each other. If you don't want this business offer kindly forget it as
I will not contact you again. Note there are practically no risk involved,
it will be bank to bank transfer, all I need from you is to stand claim as
the original depositor of this fund who made the deposit with our branch so
that my Head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account.
If you accept this offer to work with me,I will appreciate it very much. As
soon as I receive your response I will detail you on how we can achieve it
successfully.Reply via my private email urgently with your address and
telephone number and endevour to call me.Note that arrangement is been made
via payment house in Belgium or Canada for the fund release to you my
trustee.Treat as confidential matter.

Best regards,
Mr George Lamptey.
Private Email:mrlampteyfamily@gawab.com

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