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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: "Mr Lawrence Fawusu" <mr.lawrencefawusu@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: lawrence1@naseej.com
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:21:53 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: From Mr.Lawrence Fawusu




>From the Desk of Mr.Lawrence Fawusu
Branch Manager, International Commercial
Bank Gh Ltd (ICB)ACCRA.


Hello My Dear,

Please pardon me for not having the liberty of knowing your mindset before
writing you this letter without any formal introduction.

My name is Mr.Lawrence Fawusu I am the present branch Manager
International Commercial Bank [Gh]Ltd.Takorade.I came to know you in my
Private Search for
a reliable and reputable person to handle this Confidential Transaction.

I write to solicit for your partnership in claiming of $15.million usd
from an account at our Head Office . The aforementioned fund $15.million
usd is my
share percentage from a Gold Mining project that i helped financed,
influentially.

Furthermore, as a Manager in the bank, I am not allowed to be part of such
a deal, because it's against my company's professional practice policy. So
I am
compelled to ask that you stand on my behalf and receive this fund into
any account that is solely controlled by you.We will share it 45% each and
10%
for any expensive that might arise during the course of the transfer if any.

Please contact me immediately you received this email.

Yours Truly,

Mr.Lawrence Fawusu


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