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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: "Rev.Father Martin Ofori" <westafrican_monetaryagency82@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Rev_fathermartinofori@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 04:44:47 -0800 (PST)
Subject: West African Monetary Agency


From the desk of:
Rev.Father Martin Ofori.
Ofori's Panel on Recovery of Fund/Consignments.
(West African Monetary Agency)
Ovie Crescent East Legon.
Tel:00233-2774 99134 / 00233-2461 56330.
Fax:00233-2141 9252-3
Accra-Ghana.(West Africa).

Attn:
Sir,

Re:Circular to All Honourable Bona-fide Owner of
Fund/Consignment (s) Owner/Depositor.

It has come to our knowledge that you have been
victimised in your pursuit of your claims of your
Fund/Consignments in Nigeria - West Africa . We have
also observed that you have been extorted so much
money that it became difficult for you to get hold of
your Funds / Consignments, from our investigation
gathered from our networking since last year in which
you were made to spend fortune to receive your
Funds/consignments.

We have been petitioned for the lost of your fund to
this faceless individual and self acclaimed government
representatives whom has been contacting you based on
your rtecovery of your consignment/Fund before now. We
are also informed about how you laboured and fought
for the claims and receive of your fund but no avail
in receiving your fund but instead you are left with
no option than to be asking to pay more fees for one
reasons to another under false pretence and nothing to
show forth for.

We bring to your notice that going by the recent
intervention of the Economic Community of West African
States (ECOWAS) through the orders of the Ecowas Heads
of States who empowers this Panel to officially
contact you for the onward release of your funds
through our Intermediary paying Bank with Natwest Bank
London-UK, but you must have to have your fund claimed
and be transferred to any bank account of your choice
through the help of our Fiduciary Agent/ Financial
Adviser to guide you through to claim your fund from
Nat West Bank of London.

However, we hereby advised
that henceforth you stop further contact with any
other person(s)Offices,or group of individual who may
contact you in respect of your Fund.

Also we request that you re-confirm to us with
immediate effect your contact details such as your
first and second pages of your International Passport
Copies/ Driver's License to enable us Identify whom we
are dealing with so as to avoid error in transfer or
transfering your fund to a wrong hands while upon it .

You must also be well informed that your Fund has been
retrieved by this Panel and we are working round the
clock to ensure that you received your dully funds
within the scheduled time.

Feel free to contact us through any of the above
mentioned contact Telephone numbers.

Sincerely yours.
Rev.Father Martins Ofori.
Chairman of the Panel.
Accra-Ghana.


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