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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: "Mrs.Rose Mani" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rosemani4567@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 08:35:30 +0100
Subject: Contact Intercontinental bank

Dear:Friend.
 
I am Mrs.Rose Mani From Foreign Remittance Dept,Intercontinental bank Limited Accra Ghana, Committee on debt reconciliation in cognizance with the credit cover of CBN
 
duly adopted by the Senate Committee on Foreign Payment as requested for a fund movement cover in your favor. I am compelled to advice you to contact
 
us,Intercontinental bank Limited Auditors in Accra Ghana.
Dr.John Adjei Express Payment Director (Intercontinental bank Ghana) Auditors Foreign Remittance Dept CONTACT PERSON:Dr.John Adjei contact him for your payment through
 
this Email:intercontinentalbank@adexec.com
Very urgently.In view of several efforts already made by us to contact you for the simple reasons that My Office Desks have just received a Sworn Affidavit to re-route
 
your payment into a new Prudential Bank and Trust Co (Zamora Branch)Account #: 5068-1117-8.Please, confirm to our department if you have instructed anyone to appoint
 
an attorney/agent on your behalf.
 
Please, confirm if you have authorized us through your agents to issue cash call payment remittance to them on your behalf.Please, also confirm if you have authorized
 
your attorney to change your banking particulars to the following particulars stated below:
Prudential Bank & Trust Co (Zamora Branch) Zamora Street, Pandacan,Manilla, Philippines Bank FSD Account # 5068-1117-8 of Nabil Bahij Jahas.
Also re-confirm your Contract Number, Contract Amount, Private Telephone and Fax number, your e-mail address,Office or home address, so that we can cross-check it with
 
our file records. We have decided to contact you because we suspected that somebody is trying to divert your money through the sworn affidavit of means, into a new
 
different bank account. Already, their associates have requested us to place a cash call order in their favor on your behalf, but we discovered that your signature was
 
forged.Therefore, you are hereby Advised to Contact,The Intercontinental bank Auditors in Ghana regarding the above stated.
 
Please inform us and acknowledge your acceptance to the above stated, but if not,please do not hesitate to inform us very urgently, so that we can stop the diversion
 
of your fund. For security reasons, to avoid interception.
Thanks
Best Regards,
 
Mrs.Rose Mani
 
Contact Intercontinental bank Limited Accra Ghana
 

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