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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: icb_int.bnk@w.cn
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 11:17:19 +0100
Subject: International Commercial BANK GHANA PLC,


International Commercial BANK GHANA PLC,

PMB101, OSU,

ACCRA GHANA.

+233267803049

Kind Attn:

Greetings to you and the members of your familiy. I am Mr. Ahmed Owusu. a citizen of South Africa, residing and working in Accra Ghana, West Africa.

I have a proposal for you, this however is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honour against your will. I am a man of 53 years old,and work with above named bank (one of the African leading banks in the West Coast). Here in this bank existed a dormant account for the past three
years which belong to an American national who is now late as a result of 26th December 2003 plane crash in Benin republic as was carried in the news by CNN shown in the web site bellow.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/

As I was searching for a good reliable contact which I will entrust this business oppurtunity into its control, I was elated when I saw your address,and I picked a keen interest with confidence to solicit for your help in executing this oppurtunity.

However,I was moved to contact you base on the present situation of this oppurtunity which I may say that it is God given time offer When I discovered that there had been no deposits nor withdrawals from this account for this long period, I decided to carry out a system investigation and discovered that non of the family member nor relations of the late person is aware of this account.

This is the story in a nutshell. Now I want an account overseas where the bank will transfer this funds.Thereafter, I had planned to destroy all
related documents for this account. It is a careful network and for the past eleven months I have worked out everything to ensure a hitch-free operation.

The amount is not so much at the moment and plus all the accumulated interest the balance in this account stands at-(US$14 million US dollars).

Now my questions are:

1. Can you handle this project?
2. Can I give you this trust?
3. What will be your commission?

Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible.

Finally, it is my humble prayer that the information as contained herein be accorded the necessary attention, urgency as well as the secrecy it
deserves. Hope to hearing from you soon.


Yours in the Banking service,

Mr. Ahmed Owusu.

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