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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: Ohene Richard <oheric13@yahoo.co.th>
Reply-To: ohenerric0000@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 17:52:25 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: Regards


Greetings to you,
I humbly seek your services in a confidential matter regarding some funds,
Five Million Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars ($5,850,000.00)
Unaccounted for in our bank during the end of the year external audit.

As the Branch Manager of the Bank, I deposited this fund in an ESCROW CALL ACCOUNT at our Headquarter. I need an assistance of a trustworthy person who can come in as the original beneficiary i.e. depositor of these funds. Your major role would be to provide a bank account where the funds will betransferred to. You will have 14% of these funds as your share at the end
of this transaction.

I will provide all the necessary documents needed for the transaction.
Please there is no risk involve in this transaction, is just Bank to bank
transfer.

What prompted this deal is because I have a 9-year old daughter who has
Leukemia, blood cancer. She needs a bone marrow transplant to save her
life. I want this transplanting done in any good hospital in your country.
I shall resign from my job and bring my family to start a new life in your
country when this transfer is done.

You are the only one I have contacted for this business and if you can
assist me, please get back to me so that I shall give you more detail on
how to proceed.

Sincerely,
Mr. Richard Ohene.



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