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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: Alfred Badoo <directorgnpc5@msn.com>
Reply-To: <alfredlula@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 01:08:44 +0000
Subject: Most urgent,reply soon.





Dear Friend.

Am (Akl Badoo)Director of Administration Ghana G N P C. My primary assignment in the corporation was to award
contracts that have been approved by the then government. In the course of awarding these contracts for there fabrication/ refurbishment of the nation refinery, the contract which was awarded to an expatriate was inflated to the tune of $13,700,000.00USD.

I am seeking your indulgence and assistance in having this amount remitted to your account for investment purposes.
I want you to assist me to claim this money as I cannot claim it directly because I am a civil servant, and the code of conduct bureau forbids me to acquire such amount of money.

It is on this basis that I am contacting you for assistance.If interested, claimed documents with which the fund is deposited will be re processed and changed to reflect you as the new beneficiary so that you will be eligible to collect the fund on my behalf.I will give you 30% of the fund for this assistance, while 60% will be for me and 10% will be for expenses that may be incurred on both sides.

I am aware of the international monitoring of all large-scale financial movements after the September 11Th 2001 terrorist attack on America and to avoid any state of financial investigation I will provide a classified clearance paper from the relevant body which will exonerate the money from either drug, money laundered or terrorist related proceeds.Note that This information is also open for scrutiny and I also assure you that there is no risk attached in this transaction.

Looking forward to having a healthy and lucrative business relationship with you.

Thank you in advance for your corporation
Yours Sincerely,
Akl Badoo !!!Director of Administration
(GNPC) Accra Ghana.
+233242314164
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