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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Maduka Ken." <chls5f@clphosil.com>
Reply-To: "Maduka Ken." <maduka_ken@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 11:33:34 -0400
Subject: =?US-ASCII?B?UmU7?=

Ghana Islamic Micro finance Bank


Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Maduka Ken, Manager with Ghana Islamic Micro Finance Bank

I am contacting you about a business partnership which involves the sum of $25,500,000.00 (Twenty Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).

The above stated fund was deposited in our financial vault by a confidant of Ousted Tunisian president Mr. Zine Al-Abidine Ben Ali about 3 years ago; based on the circumstances surrounding the president, all his assets has been frozen and other business owned by him has been seized.

The above stated funds are still safe and nobody knows about this fund because as his account officer i made sure that the account was opened in a non-existent name and under a business franchise here in Ghana, and the funds cannot be moved in my name because i am an employee at the financial institution where the funds are been deposited.

I plead for your assistance as a partner to move this fund out of Africa in your name to your country for further investments; the ratio of sharing shall be 45% for you as a partner and 45% for me, the remaining 10% shall be used for repayment of any expenses which might be incurred during the process of getting these funds across to your country.

Supply me with the following information for further update.

FULL NAMES:
ADDRESS:
MOBILE TELEPHONE NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:
COPY OF I.D OR DRIVERS LICENSE: (optional for now )

As soon as these details are received with full acceptance to partner with me, a working agreement that will bind both parties together will be drawn

Regards

Maduka Ken
Email; maduka_ken@yahoo.co.uk

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