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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: "africaunited.mffe mffe" <africaunited.mffe@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 16:59:31 +0100
Subject: FROM DR. RICHARD NANA FROM REPUBLIC OF GHANA WEST AFRICA,


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* DEAR BELOVED ONE,*

* *

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*I am Dr. Richard Nana Finance Controller From Africa United Monitoring Fund
agency Ghana West Africa a Roman catholic member, with good fearing honest
and truthful, I am contacting in regard of a business associate and a
brother to me as-well I want too use this opportunity enrich you as a
foreign beneficiary to me and in save of my fund *

* *

*I m contacting you in respect of my Fund I deposited in ECO-BANK online
account*

*The said Fund Value is $ 46 Million United State Dollar’s I need your help
to be my foreign beneficiary to receive the Fund as my partner over there in
your country then I come over to your country for us to invest the money in
a special business there in your country *

* *

*And I want assure you that everything is real and legal and I will give you
all the information about the Fund and the bank with my information as-well
and all the necessary document that cover the fund, but only if you assure
me that you can receive this fund after I give you all the necessary
document and the bank information you will contact the bank personally for
more prove and trust because I have all necessary power and dominion to take
decision over the Fund where to send it to or not, and I have already make
the necessary arrangement with the bank managing director and he has assure
me that the money can be transfer to any account of my choice without any
problem, *

* *

*And I want to make it clear to you that after you get in touch with the
bank before *

*The transfer can be made to your account we need to have an agreement in
the high court of justice that as soon as you receive the money no problem
will be uncured within both of us and you will assure me that as soon as you
receive the fund you will do let me everything and give me invitation letter
to come over to your country, and also not that if you want us to write the
agreement letter in your country it OK by me.*

* *

*And after the whole thing I will give you %40 percent of the fund. Then
after that we keep on our business there in your country. And all I want
from you please be a truthful one to me I need nothing but truth *

* *

*Thank and stay bless with your family ,*

* *
*Best Regard*
* *

*Dr. Richard Nana*

*F.C.A.U.M.F.A*

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