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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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Fraud email example:

From: mruzookorombau@aol.in <mruzookorombau@aol.in>
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:09:33 +0100
Subject: From Dr. uzo mba okoro (To) You Pls .



Dear Friend,

I hope this may not constitute sort of embarrassment to you pls, My name is Dr. uzo mba okoro, I am the regional bank manager of the INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK OF GHANA LIMITED.

I am 51 years of age and married with 3 lovely kids. It may interest you to hear that I am a man of PEACE and INTEGRITY; I only hope we can assist each other.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as the regional Auditor General of the (ICBGL) it is my duty to send in a financial report to my head office in the capital city Accra at the end of each year.

On the course of last year end of year report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made an excess profit [$14.2 million usd] which my head office are not aware of and will never be aware of.

I have since placed this fund on what we call ESCROW ACCOUNT without any beneficiary. As an officer of the bank I can not be directly connected to this money, this is why I’m contacting you for us to work so that you can assist me and receive this money into your bank account for us to share.

I will offer you 30% of the total amount for your assistance. Note that there are practically no risks involved in this transaction, 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 Takoradi branch so that my Head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account.

I assure you we can achieve it successfully if you can follow my instruction and direction. In your reply, please send the following information as underlined below to enable me program your full names and address on the entire ( ICBGL) database as the depositor and the beneficiary of the fund. I shall provide you with a draft of an application for transfer that you are going to forward to my Head office since all International transfers are carried out from there.

Your name......................
Address..........................
Phone and fax numbers....
Your Country.............
Your occupation.............
Your age:.....................
Marital status:...........
Your international passport or any other ID
Thank you for your understanding.

Best regards,
Dr. uzo mba okoro.
contact: +233540918444
Email ;mruzookorombau@aol.in


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