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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: HELLO INTERCOTIOENTAL BANK GHANA PLC <icbbankgh.icb@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 21:35:32 +0430
Subject: FROM INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK MONEY TRANSFER WORLD WIDE GHANA
PLC (ICB)

*ZENITH BANK GHANA
Building Castle Osu Accra,
P.O.BOX GH 851,
Accra-Ghana.
Email:

Tell:+233 546 380 597
Managing Director,
*MR. SMITH K. LAWRENCE* ,

ATTENTION: Beneficiary,

INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL
BANK LTD, I *MR. SMITH K. LAWRENCE* MANAGING DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL
COMMERCIAL BANK LTD, I WANT TO INFORM YOU CONCERNING OUR PHONE
CONVERSATIONS THAT YOUR TWO TRUNK BOXES OF CONSIGNMENTS WAS RECOVERED BY
WEST AFRICA MONETARY AGENCY ACCRA-GHANA AND THE TWO TRUNK BOXES CONTAIN $10
MILLION USD AND GHANA GOVERNMENT INSTRUCT WAMA TO TAKE THE BOXES TO OUR
BANK FOR BANK TRANSFER IMMEDIATELY.

THE CONSIGNMENTS HAS BEEN OPEN BY OUR BANK AND THE $10 MILLIONS USD WAS
DEPOSITED IN OUR ESCROW ACCOUNT IN YOUR NAME AND THE ACCOUNT IS DONATED AND
WE NEED TO ACTIVATE IT AND YOU HAVE TO OPEN A NON - RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNT
WITH OUR BANK THAT IS WHY WE ARE SENDING YOU THIS FORM FOR YOU TO FILL/SIGN
IN IT AND SCAN BACK TO US AT THE BANK AND WE WILL OPEN THIS NON RESIDENTIAL
ACCOUNT IN YOUR NAME FREE AND THE $10 MILLION USD WILL BE TRANSFER INTO THE
NON RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNT AS A CUSTOMER OF OUR BANK BEFORE WE CAN TRANSFER
THE FUND INTO YOUR FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY BIT BY BIT $5,000
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND USD, $5 FIVE MILLION USD ,$20,000 TWENTY MILLION
US.DOLLARS $1 ONE MILLION USD,$2 TWO MILLION USD WHICH IS BANK TO BANK KIT
WIRE TRANSFER IMMEDIATELY.

OPENING NON-RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNT WITH OUR BANK ITS FREE AND THE ACTIVATIONS
OF THE ACCOUNT IT WILL ONLY COST YOU $398 THAT IS ALL YOU ARE GOING TO PAY
TO ENABLE WE COMMENCE THE TRANSFER OF THE FUND INTO YOUR FOREIGN ACCOUNT
AND WE ARE GOING TO APPROVE/ISSUE YOU AMERICA EXPRESS VISA CARD, ATM DEBT
CARD, VISA CARD, MASTER CARD, BANK DRAFT IN YOUR NAME AND ALL DETAILS WILL
BE SEND TO YOU VIA DHL COURIER SERVICE TO YOUR DOORSTOP IMMEDIATELY TO
ENABLE YOU WITH DRAW MONEY IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD WIDE AS THE FOREIGN
BENEFICIARY IMMEDIATELY.

DECLARATIONS: INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK GHANA LTD HAVE A LEGAL RIGHT TO
TRANSFER FUNDS TO ANY OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK WORLD WIDE AND
WE ARE THE ONLY INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK IN AFRICAN WHICH CAN TRANSFER
U.S. DOLLARS, EURO, BRITISH POUNDS WITHOUT ANY DELAY OF THE FUND IN OUR
BANK AND WE ARE GOING TO DEDUCT OUR TRANSFER CHARGES $15.000 USD AND VALUE
ADDED TAX 0.1% ,INTERNAL REVENUE TAX 0.2% FROM THE ACCOUNT AS SOON AS THE
FIRST KIT WIRE TRANSFER IS EFFECTED INTO YOUR FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT IN YOUR
COUNTRY AS A CUSTOMER OF OUR BANK.

MAKE SURE YOU ADD YOUR PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPH TO THE OPENING NON-RESIDENTIAL
ACCOUNT FORM.

INFORMATION TO SEND THE REQUESTED MONEY, NAME: (MOWOE OGHENERO), $398, VIA
WESTERN UNION/MONEY TRANSFER AND GET BACK WITH THE CONTROL INFORMATION.

ATTACH IS THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS.

REGARD,

*MR. SMITH K. LAWRENCE*

MANAGING DIRECTOR.

INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK GHANA *

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