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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. Edward Opare-Donkor" <eds2000d@rocketmail.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:03:04 -0700
Subject: Mr. Edward Opare-Donkor.

Hello,

My Name is Mr.Edward Opare-Donkor,Head Mortgage Banking,
Fidelity Bank Accra Ghana..

Basically this issue is very classified, confidential and also involves a huge sum of money.......... Please i need your urgent assistance to Transfer Five Million,Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars [5,750.000.00] to your bank account which my Corporate Head Office, Ridge Towers - Ridge, Accra P.M.B 43, Cantonments, Accra, Ghana is not aware of and can never be aware of, if not from us........I have since place this fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary.

All i want from you,is for you to stand and claim this said fund as the original depositor of this fund.

This business will be of immense benefit to us and i will make privy of all the Information that will be use to facilitate the Transfer of the funds to you.......So therefore if you are willing to accept my proposal kindly reply my mail by indicating your interest with your phone number, thereafter percentages and more information will be relayed to you on my next mail.

Best Regards,

Mr.Edward Opare-Donkor.





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