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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: "drwarrenmensah1@gmail.com" <rmwarren2009@gmail.com>
Reply-To: drwarrenmensah1@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:56:21 -0800
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE WITH ALL DUE RESPECT .

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* Dear Sir/Madam ,

At the moment, I am constrained to issue more details about this business
until your positive response is received. Please take a moment of your time
to read this and send your response.

I assure you that this deal is worth taking and highly profitable.

I am the General Auditor Manager Of Foreign Remittance And Exchange Dept
of the International Commercial Bank Plc Accra- Ghana, West Africa of Ghana
and I am contacting you for a business transaction involving
US$3,000,000.00 Million Dollars.

This account has been in SUNDRY SUSPENSE ACCOUNT for the past few years.
With your sincere assistance and co-operation i am determined to work this
deal with you if you are very honest. Send all corresponding through this

As an officer of the bank I can not be directly connected to this money,
this is why I'm contacting you for us to work, so that you can assist and
receive this money into your bank account for us to SHARE it . I will offer
you 50% 50 of the total amount for your commission.

Send this information to me below:
1.Name in Full:
2.Address:
3.Nationality:
4.Age:
5.Sex:
6.Occupation Brief:
7.Marital Status:
8.Phone/Cell:
9.Fax:
10.International Passport/Driver's License:

Note ; you may receive this message in your in box or spam or bulk or junk
folder depending on your web host .

Thanks and accept my gratitude,
Dr.Warren Mensah.
Position:Auditor Director(AD).

Direct Line:+233 245487937
Address:Mal-lath Avenue .
City/Town: Greater Accra .
My email Contact : drwarrenmensah1@gmail.com*

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