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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: davidjohn0001@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:07:04 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: areas for investments

From the office of Mr John David
The New Manager, Standard Chartered Bank
Accra Ghana.

Dear Sir/Madam.

I am Mr John David the New Manager of Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) Since my assumption of office, I have been able to Workout most Overdue Contract sums (USD$10M) owed by the Government of Ghana to Foreign contractors in The past years.

Through investigation my predecessor moved out the above-mentioned sum outside but was unable to conclude the transaction before he was removed out of office unaware and the bank codes changed. The fund originated from the balance of over-invoiced sum and Inflated government contracts of which the principal sum had been paid to foreign contactors that executed their contract some years ago.

This fund is now in a suspense account of our bank and will be moved by Certified Bank Draft within 48hours in another way bank transfer of perfection of your account coordinates.

I have concluded all necessary Arrangements for the Funds to your account without anydelay Contacting you on this issue became imperative to owing to the fact that the transfer cannot be affected without a second party account Please i need this fund out of here to you soon as possible.

Therefore, what is required from you is trust and honesty also to change the ownership to your name and it is risk free because i will trust you and get all the documents in your Name.

At the moment I can only give information that are reasonably able to assist the transaction without jeopardizing my person work .

You Will be required to.

(1) Assist in the receiving of the Fund 10M us dollars

(2) Advice on lucrative areas for investments.

(3) Assist me in purchase of properties.

If you decide to render your service to me in this regard, 30% of the Total sum of Us$10M will be for you. as I Wait in anticipation of your fullnest co-operation.

Please send detail information.I await your immediate response

1 Your Names...
2, Your telephone Number...
3, Profession...
4, Age....
5, Marital Status...
6, Mailing Address...

You can email now to indicate your wiliness

Yours Faithfully,
Mr John David
Manager.

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