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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.Muntari E.Yeboah" <muntariyeboah2011@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 11:52:18 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend

Dear Friend,

Esteemed compliments!!

I anticipate that you read this mail quickly and let me know your opinion or
willingness on this Classified Information that I will release to you.
Firstly, I am a happily married man with 3 kids and therefore I would not
want to jeopardize this opportunity to change my financial status that will
give my family a secured future.

My name is Mr.Muntari E.Yeboah, I am the I am the manager of the Eco Bank
Accra first light branch Ghana. I got your information during my search
through the Internet. I am 49 years of age and married with 3 lovely kids.
It may interest you to hear that I am a man of PEACE and don't want problem,
but I don't know how you will feel about this, but I am telling you that
this is real and you are not going to regret after doing this transaction
with me. I only hope we can assist each other. But If you don't want this
business offer kindly forget it as I will not contact you again.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as the
manager of the Eco Bank Accra first light branch.; It is my duty to send in
a financial report to my head office in the capital city Accra-Ghana at the
end of each year. On the course of the 2007 end of year report, I discovered
that my branch in which I am the Manager made Twelve Million Five Hundred
Thousand Dollar [$12,500,000.00] which my head office are not aware of and
will never be aware of, Nor must they know that I am involved in this
transaction.

I have since place this fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any
beneficiary. As an office 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 receive this money into your bank account for us to SHARE. While
you will have 40% of the total fund. Note there are practically no risk
involved, 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 my Head office can order the transfer to your designated bank
account. If you accept this offer to work with me, I will appreciate it very
much. As soon as I receive your kind response, I will give you details on
how we can achieve it successfully.

Best Regards
Mr.Muntari E.Yeboah

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