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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: "Barr.joseph Appiah" <barr.josephappiah@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 10:42:51 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM BARRISTER JOSEPH APPIA WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON


Joseph Appiah








Attorney at Law








           








mailing address:your email
your email








barrister Joseph Appiah








P.O. Box 0514 Osu








Accra, Email Address:barr.josephappiah@yahoo.com








Located at No. F459/4 Nyaniba
Estates, OSU,
Accra.










       
   








Education:








LL.B.(Hons.), University of
Ghana , Legon
(1982); Qualifying Certificate in Professional Law , Ghana School of Law
. Also a graduate of the Academy of American and International Law at
the University of Texas (1991), and the Wisconsin Institute for
International Legal Programs at the University of Wisconsin Law School,
Madison (1994).








Affiliations:


















Member,
International Bar Association; Member, International Law Association;
Member, World Jurists Association; Member, American Society of
International Law, and a Member of the Ghana Bar Association.


















Experience:








Barr Joseph Appiah is the
author of numerous
articles and legal papers, specifically relevant to Ghana. They include
Structural Changes in the Banking Industry in Ghana, 1994, Short Notes
on the Legal System, Economy and Recent Financial Laws in Ghana,


















Survey
of International Sea Carriage Regimes in Ghana and An Overview of the
Copyright Laws of Ghana, 1998. He is currently also contributing
chapters on Legal Aspects of Ghana's Stock Exchange (Comparative Law
Yearbook of International Business,


















England)
and The Law and Practice of Foreign Direct Investment in Ghana (Foreign
Investment Law Journal of the International Center for the Settlement
of Investment Disputes). He has been a featured speaker at various
banking and corporate law functions organized by the Friedrich Ebert
Stifling, Accra.








       
   








Attention: Beneficiary 
,








I am
Joseph Appiah sign by the Government of Ghana to work with all foreign
beneficiaries to make them receive their fund from African.








           








Now that am be sign to work
with all
beneficiary,
with my power and the power of the country that give me the go ahead to
work with you, I promise you through me you will receive all your funds
here in African .








       
   








Am
going from one bank to another to may sure every thing work smoothly.


















This is to notify you of your
new approve
funds worth the sun of ($25. 1,000 000, 00 dollars) Million United
State Dollars, being approve in your favor by the government of Ghana
being that your name is in the list of foreign investor’s that have lost
fund to Ghana, President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency John
Dramani Mahama, and the chief justice of the federation Mrs. Georgina
Theodora Wood,








       
   








When I
got to Bank of Ghana Ltd and I see that you have sum of $25.1 Million
U.S.D, so am working immortality to sure. and the new President of the
Republic of Ghana, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama approve me as your
barrister for proper verification you to receive all you have in
African,








       
   








In
case of any transaction you have here in African, Ghana, Nigeria, Togo,
Benin, and Ethiopia, you can feel free to contact me or you can forward
all their information to me for a proper verification so that you can
not be scam again, please am waiting to hear from you ?you can also the
attach of my Barrister (ID) and also my (PASSPORT)








           








I rest my case 








Barr. Mills Joseph Appiah








Your Attorney at Law.

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