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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: "Dr. Collins Nkrumah" <dr.collinsnkrumah1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: drcollinsnkrumah@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 19:51:30 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Please Reply Asap



Hello Dear

My name is Dr. Collins Nkrumah, I am the branch manager of I.C.B Bank Of Ghana, I got your information during an Internet search. I am a married and I have 3 lovely kids, but I lost my wife 9 months ago. I am writing this email to you because I want you to help me and also help your self by receiving some money from me in your bank account in your country. It may interest you to hear that I am a Man of peace and I don't want problem, I only hope that we can assist each other. But if you don't want this business offer kindly forget it and I will not contact you again.

As a branch manager of my bank here in Ghana I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as the regional manager of I.C.B Bank Of Ghana; it is my duty to send in financial report to my head office in Accra Ghana at the end of each year. On the course of 2009 end of the year financial report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made Seven million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollar which my head office is not aware of it and will never be aware of it. I have since place this fund as a system coded account without any beneficiary for now.

As an official of the bank I can not be directly connected to this fund, this is my reason of contacting you for us to claim this money, so that you can assist and receive it into your bank account for us to share it in your country, there is practically no risk involved in this business , it will be a`bank to bank transfer, all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of this fund, so that my head office will think that you came here in Ghana and made the deposit, then it is your right to call my director on phone and request for the transfer of your fund to your designated bank account in your country and you will also write an email to him.

If you accept this offer to work with me, I will appreciate it very much as soon as I receive your response I will give you details on how we can achieve it successfully.

Best Regards
Dr. Collins Nkrumah



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