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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: emmanuel osei <emmanuel_osei_06@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:15:59 +0000
Subject: HOPE TO HERE FROM YOU SOON


FROM THE DESK OFMR EMMANUEL OSEI REGIONAL MANAGERINTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKKANESHIE BRANCH,ACCRAGHANA.Attn:SIR,My name is MR EMMANUEL OSEI I am the regional Accountant Manager of the INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK OF GHANA .. I got your information during my search through the Internet. I am 44years of age and married with 4 lovely kids. 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.I want to transfer to overseas the sum of eight million five thousand Dollars i mean U.S.Dollars(U.S. $8.5,000,000.00) from GHANA here.I want to ask you to kindly look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new bank account immediately to receive this money, though an empty bank account could serve this purpose as long as you will remain honest to me till the end of this important business trusting in you and believing in God that you will never let me down either now or in time to come.I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 1990 and since 2006nobody has operated on this account again. After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that the owner of the account died without a "Heir apparent to the throne hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.The owner of this MONEY who is a foreigner and an industrialist died, since 1990,until now no other person(s) knows about this account or could give any documentary evidence concerning this account. As such this account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me that the foreigner who is the owner of the fund, until his death was the manager Oriental Diamond Company, in SOUTH AFRICA.However, if you are interested in this business we will start the transaction immdetily without any disappointment from you.I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local account, without valid international foreign "Agreement", but could only be approved to any foreigner with valid international credentials: passport or drivers license and foreign account because this sum is in U.S. dollars and the former owner of the account a foreigner too, thus the money could only be approved into a foreign account.However, knowing all this, we will reach a binding agreement in this regards. As a matter of urgency, I will inform you the next step to take, while you send your private telephone and fax number including the full details of the account to be used for the transfer. Before i fly to your country for withdrawal,Sharing of the money will be in your country.I need your full co-operation to make this business a success one, because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you, upon your positive response and once I am convinced that you are capable and will meet up with the instructions of a key bank official who is deeply involved with me in this business. Ineed your strong assurance that you will never let me down.With my influence and the position in the bank we can transfer this money to any foreigner's reliable account which you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending till my physical arrival in your country for sharing.I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately I hear from you that you are ready to act as directed.To prove the authenticity of the business I will use my position and influence to obtain all legal approvals for onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries, foreign exchange departments, and embassy and Board of Internal Revenue services.(1) Your Private: Tele& Fax Number(2) Your Account: Number(3) Your Account: Name(4) Your Bank: Address(5) Your Bank: NameAt the conclusion of this business, you will be given 35% of the total amount, 60% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during this process.I look forward to your earliest reply toemmanuel_osei_03@myway.comMy regards,MR EMMANUEL OSEI.FROM THE DESK OFMR EMMANUEL OSEI REGIONAL MANAGERINTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKKANESHIE BRANCH,ACCRAGHANA.Attn:SIR,My name is MR EMMANUEL OSEI I am the regional Accountant Manager of the INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK OF GHANA . I got your information during my search through the Internet. I am 44years of age and married with 4 lovely kids. 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.I want to transfer to overseas the sum of eight million five thousand Dollars i mean U.S.Dollars(U.S. $8.5,000,000..00) from GHANA here.I want to ask you to kindly look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new bank account immediately to receive this money, though an empty bank account could serve this purpose as long as you will remain honest to me till the end of this important business trusting in you and believing in God that you will never let me down either now or in time to come.I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 1990 and since 2006nobody has operated on this account again. After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that the owner of the account died without a "Heir apparent to the throne hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.The owner of this MONEY who is a foreigner and an industrialist died, since 1990,until now no other person(s) knows about this account or could give any documentary evidence concerning this account. As such this account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me that the foreigner who is the owner of the fund, until his death was the manager Oriental Diamond Company, in SOUTH AFRICA.However, if you are interested in this business we will start the transaction immdetily without any disappointment from you.I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local account, without valid international foreign "Agreement", but could only be approved to any foreigner with valid international credentials: passport or drivers license and foreign account because this sum is in U.S. dollars and the former owner of the account a foreigner too, thus the money could only be approved into a foreign account.However, knowing all this, we will reach a binding agreement in this regards. As a matter of urgency, I will inform you the next step to take, while you send your private telephone and fax number including the full details of the account to be used for the transfer. Before i fly to your country for withdrawal,Sharing of the money will be in your country.I need your full co-operation to make this business a success one, because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you, upon your positive response and once I am convinced that you are capable and will meet up with the instructions of a key bank official who is deeply involved with me in this business. Ineed your strong assurance that you will never let me down.With my influence and the position in the bank we can transfer this money to any foreigner's reliable account which you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending till my physical arrival in your country for sharing.I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately I hear from you that you are ready to act as directed.To prove the authenticity of the business I will use my position and influence to obtain all legal approvals for onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries, foreign exchange departments, and embassy and Board of Internal Revenue services.(1) Your Private: Tele& Fax Number(2) Your Account: Number(3) Your Account: Name(4) Your Bank: Address(5) Your Bank: NameAt the conclusion of this business, you will be given 35% of the total amount, 60% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during this process.I look forward to your earliest reply toemmanuel_osei_03@myway.comMy regards,MR EMMANUEL OSEI.
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