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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. Kelvin K. Manfo" <divisionalheadofpolice@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 23:09:38 +0430
Subject: FROM DR. KELVIN K. MANFO, ASSISTANCE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE TO
REPUBLIC OF GHANA


*DIVISIONAL HEAD OF POLICE
# 19 HIGH VIRGINAL STREET
ACCRA GHANA P O BOX, 1760
ACCRA GHANA.
divisionalheadofpolice@gmail.com, or
aigp@presidency.com<divisionalheadofpolice@gmail.com>

**LETTER OF NOTIFICATION.*
*
**Attn:*
*
**Dear. Beneficiary**,
**
**How are you today? and your family?I hope that you all are fine.*
*
**I am Dr. K.K Manfo,The Assistant Inspector General Of Police, Republic Of
Ghana,(A.I.G OF POLICE) I wish to inform you that we are been receiving a
daily graphic message from Africa Union that most of foreign beneficiaries
who are trying to help an Africa children from miserable condition that,
they are complaining that they having receive their fund.*
*
**I am contacting you in regards of your (2) two trunks boxes of
consignment boxes that is in our custody that contains $30 Million USD,
The most of an Africa children who came from war country with their late
father consignment boxes, some may are come from Sudan, Zimbabwe, Liberia,
Congo and Sierra Leone and also telecast that, they where lost their
consignment boxes.
And we where informed that those children where attack by some group of
people claiming to be what they are not, in posters,Generals,crocks,
thieves and some criminals persons that is using the name of our staff's.*
*
**We the officials in Accra Ghana we make an arrangement and set up an
organization meeting in presidential villa with president His Excellency ,
John Dramani Mahama, the president Republic of Ghana, Margaret Nwanakatwe
managing director Barclay's banks of Ghana, Deputy commissioner of police
John Kudalor, Najib Mahama Sudan ambassador to Africa Union, Koffi Nbial
chief executive director Ghana shipping council, formal United Nation
secretary general Koffi Anna,Nunoo Messah brigadier general of army force,
inspector general of police, present secretary general to Africa Union, Dr.
Mohammad Ibn secretary general to (ECOWAS), Member minister of foreign
Affairs, member minister of state and economic, member minister of finance
and most of dignities in Africa generally.*
*
**I Dr. K. K. Manfo, (AIGP) Assistance Inspector General of Police Republic
of ACCRA GHANA, in conjunction with Barrister Sunny Owode, the ECOWAS
appointed barrister, was mandated to come up with squad to secured and
search everywhere in Ghana, all Banks, Airports, Boarders, refugee camps,
and port Authority in Ghana to stop this kind of act, and when we find out
it was your name and your contact address that was attached to it that is
why I am contacting you.*
*
**Right away I’m contacting you in regards of your 2 trunk of consignment
boxes, that is our police headquarter to seek your correspondent opinion
for you to receive your 2 consignment boxes, from our Headquarter here in
Ghana, and also want you to take me as your own brother or your partner in
case of any problem and i will protect your interest for you to receive
your fund as a good beneficiary, because I have a human sympathy and am a
man of dignity and a man who has a power here in Accra Ghana Generally.*
*
**So I want you to tell me how you want to receive this your two
consignment boxes from our office, I can deliver it to you in your country
and receive it at your door step or transfer it to you true bank to bank
wire transfer, in any ways that you want it please get back to me on mail
ok.*
*
*
*
**As soon as you receive this message please get back to me immediately for
us to proceed to next level and make an arrangement to transfer your 2
consignment boxes to you or deliver it to you in your correspondent country.
*
*
**I’m waiting to hear from you on behalf of my Collins and my staff
officers soonest.*
*
**Regard,*
*
**Dr. Kelvin K. Manfo, (AIGP)*
*
**Assistance Inspector General Of Police to Republic of Ghana*

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