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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: "DR. ORMA KWAME" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infoadmin00@e-mail.ua>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 10:19:20 -0500
Subject: YOUR INHERITANCE FUND!!!

ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY



YOUR INHERITANCE FUND!



THIS IS TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR OVER DUE INHERITANCE FUNDS HAS BEEN GAZETTED TO BE RELEASED, VIA KEY TELEX TRANSFER (KTT ) -DIRECT WIRE TRANSFER TO YOU OR THROUGH OUR LONDON OFFICE.

MEANWHILE, A WOMAN LINA IVANOV CAME TO MY OFFICE FEW DAYS AGO WITH A LETTER, CLAIMING TO BE YOUR TRUE REPRESENTATIVE HERE WITH IN FORMATIONS BELLOW:



NAME LINA IVANOV

BANK NAME: HSBC

BANK ADDRESS: LONDON - UK

ACCOUNT NUMBER: 6503809428.



PLEASE, DO RE-CONFIRM TO THIS OFFICE, AS A MATTER OF URGENCY IF THIS WOMAN IS FROM YOU OR NOT, BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING YOUR INHERITANCE FUND INTO WRONG ACCOUNT. IF THIS WOMAN IS NOT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE, YOU ARE ADVISED TO FILL THE FORM BELLOW AND SEND TO ME FOR VERIFICATIONS PURPOSES SO THAT YOUR FUND VALID US$10.5M US DOLLARS WILL BE REMITTED INTO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT.



1. YOUR FULL NAME:...............................

2. YOUR FULL ADDRESS:........................

3. YOUR TELEPHONE................................

4.AGE.....................................................

5.SEX:....................................................

6. YOUR OCCUPATION...............................

7. YOUR ACCOUNT DETAILS WHERE YOU WANT YOUR FUND TO TRANSFERINTO:..........................................................

8. ID CARD OR INT'L PASSPORT OR DRIVERS LICENSE:



AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THE ABOVE DETAILS, WE WILL COMMENCE WITH ALL NECESSARY PROCEDURES IN ORDER TO REMMIT THIS FUND INTO YOUR ACCOUNT. THE CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR, BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE FOR FOREIGN PAYMENT HAVE APPROVED AND ACCREDITED THIS REPUTABLE BANK WITH THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE / FOREIGN OPERATIONS, TO HANDLE AND TRANSFER OF ALL THE FOREIGN INHERITANCE FUNDS FOR THIS FIRST QUARTER PAYMENT OF THE YEAR.

HOWEVER, WE SHALL PROCEED TO ISSUE ALL PAYMENTS DETAILS TO THE SAID MS LINA IVANOV, IF WE DO NOT HEAR FROM YOU WITHIN THE NEXT SEVEN WORKING DAYS FROM TODAY. WE ARE SORRY FOR ANY IN CONVENIENCE THE DELAY IN TRANSFERRING OF THIS FUND MUST HAVE CAUSED YOU; MAKE SURE YOU SEND THE DETAILS OF YOUR ACCOUNT CORRECTLY.



PLEASE RE-CONFIRM YOUR INFORMATION THROUGH THIS E-MAIL:





BEST REGARDS,



DR. ORMA KWAME

FROM ECOBANK GHANA PLC

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