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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: Dr John Mbuha <johnpally2@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: dr_johnmbuha_commisioner@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:04:37 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: ATTENTION PLZ


Greetings,

As the Auditor general with National Investment Bank Ltd Accra Ghana Located in west Africa. I noticed a domant account by a foreigner since 18-20 years now in our bank . As the only person in position of every information in regrads to this accounts and through the record found out that the owner of the account is now deceased without next of kin, so i decided to contact you to know if i can invest this money in your country.With due respect, If you indcate your intrest i have tangible percentage to offer you. plz kindly contact me for more details and how the transactions will commerce.

waiting to hear from you soon .
Thanks,

Yours Sincerly,
Dr John Mbuha


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