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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <mrappiahmensah@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:49:09 -0800
Subject: Greetings From Head Treasury Of Access Bank Ghana Plc.

Greetings

My name is Mr.Appiah T.Mensah, I am the regional Head, Treasury of Access Bank (Ghana) Plc, I am writing you this proposal in good faith,I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and I,it is my duty to send in a financial report to my head office at the end of each business year. On the course of the last year 2010 business report, I discovered that my branch office made excess profit of (US$7.5MILLION).

I have placed these funds in Access Bank escrow account with no beneficiary. As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected to this money, so my aim of contacting you is to present you as the beneficiary so that my head office will facilitate the funds into your account and get 30% of the total funds as your commission.

I intend to resign my position as a banker and relocate to your Country in the near future. I would be very glad should you therefore confirm your willingness to assist in receiving this fund before my final departure to join you for the investment purpose


Kindly reply with the information below.

Full Name: __________________
Address: ___________________
Nationality: ___________________
Age: _______ ___________________
Occupation: _____________________
Phone:________________ Fax:___________________
Cell phone: ___________________________
Country of Origin: ____________________


Thanks and God bless you

Mr.Appiah T.Mensah
I can be reached @ +233209455163

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