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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: "Albert Kobina Essien" (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 21:14:58 -0000
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL FOR CONFIDENTIAL AND TRUSTWORTHY.

Mr.Albert Kobina Essien.
Branch Manager
Eco Bank,
First Light Branch
Accra, Ghana.
E-mail: albertessienoffice@gmail.com


Esteemed Compliments,

I anticipate that you read this mail quickly and let me know your opinion or
willingness on this classified information that I will release to you.
Firstly, I am a happily married man with 3 kids and therefore I would not
want to jeopardize this opportunity to change my financial status that will
give my family a secured future.

I am Mr.Albert Kobina Essien, the branch manager of the Eco Bank Of Ghana
Limited, First Light Branch Accra. I am 48 years of age. It may interest
you to hear that I am a man of PEACE and don't want problem, but I don't
know how you will feel about this, but I am telling you that this is real
and you are not going to regret after doing this transaction with me.I only
hope we can assist each other. But if you don't want this business offer
kindly forget it.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as the
branch manager of the Eco Bank Of Ghana Limited; it is my duty to send in a
financial report to my head office in the capital city Accra-Ghana at the
end of each year.On the course of the last two years 2007 end of the year
report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the Manager made Twelve
Million Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars [$12,850.000.00] which my
head office are not aware of and will never be aware of, Nor must they know
that I am involved in this transaction.

I have since place this fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any
beneficiary.

As an officer of the Bank I can not be directly connected to this money, so
this informed my contacting you for us to work so that you can assist
receive this money into your bank account for us to SHARE, while you will
have 35% of the total fund. Note there are practically no risk involved, it
will be bank to bank transfer, all I need from you is to stand claim as the
original depositor of this fund who made the deposit with our branch so that
my Head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account.

If you accept this offer to work with me, I will appreciate it very much. As
soon as I receive your kind response, I will give you details on how we can
achieve it successfully.
Please contact me via my personal E-mail address for more
details:{albertessienoffice@gmail.com


Best Regards

Mr.Albert Kobina Essien
Branch Manager
Eco Bank of Ghana.

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