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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 KWAME <barr.kwame.tetteh.k@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:26:08 +0000
Subject: From Hon. Barrister Kwame .Tetteh United Nations Legal Adviser


I am Hon. Barrister Kwame Tetteh United Nations legal adviser attorney
Ghana West Africa I'm sending you this e-mail with due respect of prove in
regard of your fund in the Stanbic Bank amount of US$ 25.1 Million as the
legal adviser attorney to the United Nations, I m sending you on behalf of
Dr. Alhassan Andani, the Remittance Director of the Stanbic bank, know
that the power has been nominate to Dr Alhassan Andani, to make the
transfer of your fund without any delay by the general bodies in parliament
house because he has been given the authority to transfer your fund,

he has been given an order from the minister of foreign affair and minister
of finance and I want to make it clear to you that nobody have the right to
transfer your fund accept Dr. Alhassan Andani, of Stanbic Bank know that
entire bodies of the parliament house has given him the legal authority to
transfer your fund, you should stop further dealing with impostors claiming
to be bank manager or whatsoever

And I want to use this opportunity to advise you about the new development
instruction that presently taking place here In United Nation official has
nominated power to him that through Stanbic Bank beneficiary will have
dominion over there fund in west Africa Also know that you are to give Dr.
Alhassan Andani, the needed items for your transfer will be take place
without any further delay,

Henceforth from today if you receive any email from Africa or any part of
Africa Ghana, Nigeria you have to forward all of them to me for proper
verification and get back to you with my answer so that you will not work
with scammers over here in Africa.

Yours truly

Hon. Barrister Kwame .Tetteh

United Nations Legal Adviser

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