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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: "Dr. David Obu Andah" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr.david13@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 10:56:43 +0100
Subject: OVER DUE CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT

Attn: Beneficiary,

OVER DUE CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT

Regarding the high volume of complains on late payment, you are hereby notified that your outstanding payment has been endorsed for onward transfer to your nominated bank account which you have been expecting from Africa. The reconciliation payment to foreign contractors/inheritance beneficiaries was released after several deliberations by the African Union member states, and mandated us the Bank of Ghana to swiftly credit the transfer to your nominated bank account.

You are urgently required to re-confirm if you ordered that your fund should be transferred to Mr. Choung Van Dang of Canada bank account, who has already submitted a claim application to our accredited paying bank for fund activation and transfer.

Contact this office immediately if you actually ordered your fund to be transferred to his nominated bank account or not. This is to enable our corresponding bank proceed with the fund remittance to his nominated bank account after final account activation.

Reconfirm your details below:
Name, Contact house address and Telephone Number for easy communication to avoid wrong payment.

Based on the information we received, it is mandatory and compulsory that you forward your contact information to me for further advice and also for the programming of the information’s you provided in the micro chip compartment of this committee. As the authorities stated, your payment has been described as selective payment and you will be required to comply with the Bank for swift transfer of your fund exactly on the particular date or period (72 hours) specified in the transfer script text for the fund to be made available to you.

You are also advised not to accept any E-mail or telephone call that does not come from me as this is to forestall new efforts towards a diversion of your payment. Working seven days (24 hours) in order to achieve a clean sheet;

Accept our congratulations in advance

Best Regard,
Dr. David Obu Andah,(Director)
Payment Reconciliation Committee,
Central Bank of Ghana
Accra - Ghana.

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