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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. Sam K. Ofori" <mr.sam_k@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: alisanni26@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:00:34 +0300 (EAT)
Subject: From Mr. Sam K. Ofori




Attn Mr/Mrs,



I am the manager of Barclay's Bank of Ghana, Kumasi Branch. This is in
the Ashanti Region of Ghana. I got your information during a Bankers’
Quarterly Forum with other African Countries, held in Abidjan, the
capital city of Ivory Coast, in West Africa.





I write you this letter in good faith. I am 54 years old with two kids. I
have packaged a transaction that will be of mutual benefit to us. As the
branch manager of the Barclay's Bank of Ghana, it is my duty to send a
financial report to my head office in the capital city, Accra, at the end
of each financial year. In the course of the last two years (2007
financial report), I discovered that my branch made Eight Million, Two
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars($8,200,000.00), which my head
office is not aware of and will never be aware of because a certified
audit has been conducted out for the financial year under discussion by a
highly reputable accounting firm.






The auditing firm is impeccable and quite renowned that their audit
result has never been in doubt. I have deposited this funds on what we
call Escrow Call Account with no beneficiary. As the branch manager of
this bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money, so my
contacting you is to assist me receive this funds in your bank account
in your country and get 30% of the total funds as your benefit If you
agree to assist me, I will immediately program your full information in
the computer system here in Kumasi branch as an Escrow Call Account
owner in Barclay's Bank of Ghana.






The transfer would be made via swift and it is a Bank-To-Bank Transfer,
all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of this
fund. I will compute your particulars as the person who made the Deposit
in my branch so that my head office will immediately order the transfer
to your designated bank Account.





Thank you in advance as you co–operate with me and God bless you.



Regards Manager Sam K Ofori


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