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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: "bizzmattt bizzmattt" <bizzmattt6@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: bizzmatt2@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:40:52 +0000
Subject: From Mr. David Asare Regional Manager(ICB) To You Personal.

Dear Friend,

My name is Mr. David Asare, the Regional Manager Of International Commercial
Bank (ICB) Ghana .
I am a Ghanaian married with four children. I have a packaged of financial
transaction that will benefit both of us, as the regional manager of the
bank, it's my duty to send financial reports to my head office in the
capital city of Accra .

On the course of the last two years 2004 end of the year's report, I
discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made TEN MILLION EIGHT
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND US DOLLARS ($10.850.000.00) of which my head
office is not aware of and they will never be aware of it.
I have since then PLACED THIS FUND ON A SUSPENCE ACCOUNT without a
beneficiary. As officer of the bank, I cannot be directly committed to this
money thus I am compelled to request for your assistance to receive this
money into your bank account. I intend to part with 30% of this fund to you
while 70% shall be for me.

Provide the following:

YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS
YOUR PHONE NUMBER
YOUR FAX NUMBER

I do need to assure you that there is practically no risk involved in this,
it’s going to be bank-to-bank transfer. All I need from you is to stand as
the new beneficiary of the fund. If you accept this offer, I will appreciate
it your timely response.

Best regards.
Mr. David Asare.
Regional Manager(ICB) Ghana.
From Mr. David Asare Regional Manager(ICB) To You Personal.

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