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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: James Owusu <o_james21@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: james.owusu@rediffmail.com
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:03:31 +0100 (BST)
Subject: REQUESTING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE TO TRANSFER (9.300,000,00USD)REPLY


From The Desk Of, Mr James Owusu.
The Regional Manager
Ghana International Commercial
Bank,Accra Branch Ghana.
West Africa.

Dear Friend,

My name is Mr James Owusu . I am the Regional Manager of Ghana
International Commercial Bank, Accra branch Ghana. I write you this
proposal in good faith; I am married with two lovely children.

I am a man of peace, and have sincere respect for human feelings and
opinions. I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you
and I.

As the Regional Manager of Ghana International Commercial Bank , Accra
branch Ghana it is my duty to send in a financial report to my head
office in the capital city, Accra at the end of each business year.

On the course of last two years , 2006 business report, I discovered
that the branch in which I am the Manager made 9.3million United States
Dollars ($9,300,000.00) which my head office is not aware of and will
never be aware of.

I have placed this funds on what we call Escrow call account
with no beneficiary. As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly
connected to this money, so my aim of contacting you is to assist me
receive this money in your bank account and get 30% of the total funds
as commission.

There are practically no risks involved, the transaction will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law, it will be simply a bank-to-bank transfer, and all
I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of these
funds who made the deposit with my branch so that my head office can
order the transfer to your designated bank account under few working
days.

If you accept to work with me I will appreciate it very much as you are
the first and the only person I am contacting for this transaction.
send me an email as soon as you receive this message ,so that we can go
over the details.

Thank you in advance and may God bless you and your family.

Sincerely,
Mr James Owusu.



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