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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: "GEORGE MENSAH BOATENG" <mboateng45@mail.kz>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 03:06:41 +0600
Subject: Dear Friend,Reply Asap!

Dear Friend,

I hope this may not constitute sort of embarrassment to you, My name
is Mr.George Mensah Boateng, I am the regional bank manager of the
United Bank for Africa Ghana Ltd.

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 United Bank for
Africa Ghana Ltd.; 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 2008 end of year report, I discovered that
my branch in which I am the manager made an excess profit of Three
Million Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand united states dollars
[US$3.750,000.00] which my head office are not aware of and will never
be aware of.I have since placed this fund on what we call SUSPENSE
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.

Upon your acceptance of this proposal, I have generally agreed on this
sharing ration 40% of the total sum will be given to you for
your assistance upon the receipt of the funds in your account while
60% will be for me.

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:

1. Your full names...............
2. Your phone number............
3. Your nationality..............
4. Your Age/Sex.................
5. Your occupation..............

Thank you for your
understanding.
Best regards,
Mr.George Mensah Boateng.
boatengm@hotmail.com

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