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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. OLUWOLE ODEYEMI" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <oluwoleodeyemi2011@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2011 22:29:37 +0100
Subject: From Mr Oluwole Odeyemi

Dear Good Friend,



I am Mr Oluwole Odeyemi, The Chairman of the Board,Guaranty Trust Bank Ghana (GTBank Ghana). In a recent board meeting held in my bank here in Ghana I discovered that this is a large sum of money belong to one of our Late customer has not be paid out to any beneficiary and there was no next of kin stated when he activated this account. This is an abandoned sum that belongs to our late foreign customer who died in plane crash disaster along with his wife.



I was privileged to see the deceased deposit file bearing this huge amount of money when I was inspecting the dated and current customer’s files in other to sign and submit to the entire bank management for an official validation / re-documentation against the statement approval to the account holders for the year. In a swift investigation carried out by me, I found out that none of the deceased relative is aware of the abandoned fund except his late wife.



As a result of that, it is an extremely confidential matter between me and you. Hence you are a foreigner to our country, you are authorized by our Banking law to apply and claim the fund into your account as the NEXT-OF-KIN to the deceased. For assisting me to get the fund transferred into your bank account, the ratio of 40% of the total sum is for you whereas 50% is for me as business pioneer and the balance 10% will be used in paying back any expenses we might incurred in having this done.



Please I need your urgent response on assurance of trust that you will not deny my right of the share once the fund gets into your account because I am a poor civil servant who depend on little monthly salary. I will come over to your country as soon as the funds arrives your account to invest my share in any profitable business venture as soon as I resign from my work on the instant of the transfer into your account.



If you are really sure of your integrity, trustworthy, and confidentiality, reply urgently and to prove that, include your particulars as follows to my private email



Your Name:
Your Residential Address
Private telephone and fax numbers
Your occupation Your official age
Your passport or ID card (Scanned)


Mr Oluwole Odeyemi

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