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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: m.v.zadelhoff@onenet.an
Reply-To: mredward@ibibo.com
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 08:16:05 +0100
Subject: I Nedd Your Urgent Information.

Hello Dear,

I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise hence we have never
met before, but do not worry because I am using the only secured and confidential
medium

available to seek for your foreign assistance in a business. I am contacting
you independently of my investigation and no one is informed of this communication.

My name is Mr. Edward Effah. I am the Managing Director & Chief Executive
Officer of Fidelity Bank here in Ghana. Please I advise you to check these
websites below to

confirm my status.

http://www.fidelitybank.com.gh/en/about-fidelity-bank/management.php
http://www.ey.com/NG/en/About-us/Entrepreneur-Of-The-Year/2011-Finalists-EOY---West-Region
http://www.businessguideghana.com/?p=4701
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8052518.stm
http://www.graphic.com.gh/business/page.php?news=9371
http://www.ghanatoghana.com/Ghanahomepage/ghana-runs-fidelity-bank
http://www.fidelitybank.com.gh/

I Hope that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that I
am about to repose on you for the mutual benefit of our both families.
I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of our Bank (Lenor and Richard
Burson from Florida, U.S.A) who died along with his entire family in a plane
crash. For

more information?s about the crash you can visit this site:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/502503.stm

Since the tragic death of this our customer, I personally has watched with
keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one
has come to claim

his funds of US$13,580.000.00M (Thirteen Million Five Hundred & Eighty Thousand
United States Dollars) which has been with our bank for a very long time.

On this note, I decided to seek your name to be used as the Next of Kin so
that this amount will be transferred to you since nobody is coming for the
money again. The

Banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than 14 years,
because the money will be transferred to the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund
after this

period.

In view of this, I got your contact through the internet when I was making
a research for a foreigner that I will use in this great opportunity because
I don?t want

the money to be transferred to our Bank treasury as unclaimed fund. I am
offering you 20% of the total sum if you agree to execute this transaction
with me and the

rest 80% will be for me.

The reason for a foreigner in the business is for the fact that the deceased
man was a foreigner and it is not authorized by the law guiding of Fidelity
Bank for a

citizen of this country to make such claim. This is the reason while the
request of you as a foreigner is necessary to apply for the release and transfer
of the fund

smoothly into your reliable Bank account.

If you are really sure of your integrity, trustworthy and confidentiality,
and accept not disappoint me after this business, please reply with your:-
{1} Full Names
{2} Address
{3} Telephone Number, Office & Cell/Mobile
{4} Fax Number
{5} Occupation / Profession / Age

Upon receipt of the above mentioned information?s, indicating your interest
in the business, I will inform you of the next step for easy execution of
the transaction.

I will not fail to bring to your notice this business is hitch free and don?t
have any negative implication. Please you should not entertain any fear as
I have made

all modalities for the smooth and easy transfer of this fund to your account.
This transaction will be completed within few Bank working days immediately
we start the

business. Please observe utmost confidentiality and be rest assured that
this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall
require your

assistance to invest my share in your country immediately after the transaction.
Waiting for your urgent response and please kindly delete if you are not
interested.

Please contact me here only for further information:

Regards,

Mr.Edward Effah
Managing Director &
Chief Executive Officer Fidelity Bank.
http://www.fidelitybank.com.gh

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