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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. Ernest Lucas" <lucas.ernest22@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:37:36 -0600 (CST)
Subject: From: The Desk of Dr.Ernest Lucas Manager

From: The Desk of Dr.Ernest Lucas Manager,
International Commercial Bank Limited
First -Light, Kaneshie Branch,
Accra-Ghana.

Dear Friend,
I hope this may not constitute sort of embarrassment to you, but I will be very please if this
transaction will make us know each other as we both are going to benefit from this transaction,
First I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue of its nature as being
utterly confidential and top secret. But I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the
day.

I have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction, as we have been reliably
informed of your discreetness and ability in transaction of this nature. Let me start by introduce
my self properly to you, my name is Ernest Lucas, I am the regional manager of the International
Commercial Bank of Ghana, first-light kaneshie branch in the Western Region of Ghana. I came to
know you in my Private Search for a Reliable and Reputable Person to handle this Confidential
Transaction. I am 48years of age and married with 9 lovely kids. It may interest you to hear that
I am a man of PEACE and INTERGRITY; I only hope we can assist each other.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as the regional manager of
the International Commercial Bank Limited; 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 the last year end of
year report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made $11.500.000.00USD ( Eleven
Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) which my head office are not aware of and
will never be aware of. I have since place 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, so this informed my
contacting you for us to work, so that you can assist and receive this money into your bank
account for us to SHARE. The sharing of the fund are thus: 30% for you 50% for I and the remaining
20% for any legal expenses we have acquired in this transaction.

Note! There are practically no risk involved, this transaction is 100% risk free and legally
blinded, 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 our branch so that our Head office can order the
transfer to your designated bank account.

If you accept this offer to work with me, If you find this proposal suitable for you do furnish me
with the following information's: Your full Name, Contact Address, Occupation and Position, Date
of Birth, Gender, Marital Status, Nationality, E-mail address, Tel/Fax Number. To enable me fix
your data in our bank file, so that you will be recognized in our bank (ICB) as a customer before
the onward transfer.

I will appreciate it very much. If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not make undue advantage
of the trust I have bestowed in you. And how we can achieve it successfully.

Best regard
Dr. Ernest Lucas

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