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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.Tony Chuk" <tonibanker0028@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:49:28 +0100 (BST)
Subject: How are You ?


From: The Desk of Dr.Tony Chuk,
Manager,
Agricultural Development Bank Ltd
Accra North Branch,
Accra-Ghana.

Attn: Dear,

I am Dr.Tony Chuk, the branch manager of Agricultural Development Bank Ltd (ADB).you might not know me very well but by the end of this transaction you shall be thankful knowing somebody like me. During the end of our auditing of accounts at my branch Bank last year ending, I came across a ghost account, in which the account reads the sum of $11,550,000.00 USD (Eleven Million, Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars),

I continued in my search and discovered that this said account was owned by one of our deceased customers. And there was no next of kin affixed at the time of the deposit.Although personally i kept this information’s secret within myself to enable the whole plan and idea be profitable and successful during execution. And it’s my obligations to send my financial reports to our headquarters’ in Accra. Before then i decided to place this money in what we call SUSPENCE account without any beneficiary.

As a Senior Officer in the Bank I cannot directly claim this money here in Accra, on this ground I contact you for us to work together, so that you can assist and receive this money at any of your nominated Bank account for us to share. I have so placed this fund for the sharing 30% for you 50% for i and the remaining 20% for any miscellaneous expenses in the course of the transaction.

I will also want you to understand that it is 100% risk free and legally blinded. It will strictly be bank to bank transfer; all I need from you is to represent the real depositor of this fund in our bank, so that my head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account.

However, if my offer is granted by you, please do furnish me with the following information’s: Your Full name,Occupation/Position, Contact Address, Date of Birth,Place of Birth, Marital Status, Educational Status, Tel/Fax Numbers, Nationality,Name of Your Next of Kin and Tel/Address,To enable me fix your information in our account data file, so that you will be recognized in our bank as a customer before the onward transfer will be made.

I will appreciate it very much, if this proposal is accepted by you. Please Kindly reply immediately through my alternative e-mail address below : too_banker111985@yahoo.com

Best Regards.
Dr.Tony Chuk.



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