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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: "ansah johnson" <ansjohn_54@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: bat71johnson@latinmail.com
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:55:24 +0000
Subject: Hello:

From: Mr. Ansah B. Johnson
Accra, Ghana.

Dearest,

I got your contact during my search for a reliable,
honest and a trust worthy person to entrust this huge
transfer project with.

My name is Mr. Ansah B. Johnson, Branch manager of a
financial institution here in Ghana. I am a Ghanaian
married with two kids. I am writing to solicit your
assistance in the transfer of $ 4,550,000.00 Million
United States dollars only, about £ 2,500,000.00

This fund is the excess of what my branch in which am
the manager made as profit during the 2004 financial
year. I have already submitted annual report for that
year to my head office here in Accra as I have watched
with keen interest as they will never know of this
excess.

I have since, placed this amount of $ 4,550.000.00
Million United States dollars only, to an Escrow Coded
account without a beneficiary (anonymous) to avoid
trace.

As an officer of the bank, I cannot be directly
connected to this money thus I am impelled to request
for your assistance to receive this money into your
bank account on my behalf.
I intend to part 30% of this fund to you while 70%
shall be for me. I do need to stress that there are
practically no risk involved in this. It's going to be
a bank-to-bank transfer. All I need from you is to
stand as the original depositor of this fund so that
the fund can be transferred to your account.
If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your
timely response to my private email:
bat71johnson@latinmail,com

With Regards,

Ansah Johnson

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