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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: Sulley Mensah <b_sexy02@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: sulley.mensah2001@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:14:51 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONFIDENCIAL AND TRUST NEEDED!!

Mr.Sulley Mensah
Branch Manager
Eco Bank of Ghana
Kaneshie Branch
Accra, Ghana.

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 have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of
us,as the Branch Manager of the Eco Bank Of Ghana, 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 report (2008), I discovered that my Branch in which I am the
Manager made a proceed of $8,750,000.00 (Eight Million seven Hundred
and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) which my Head Office are not
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 am not directly connected
to the fund, this is why I am contacting you for us to work so that
you can assist in receiving 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 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.

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.

get back to me for more information

Please your telephone and fax number urgently needed for further
discussion. I look forward to your urgent response.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Sulley Mensah.



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