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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: FPIC FGN <fpic88@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:07:42 +0000
Subject: Good Morning!

*Good Morning!

This proposal may be a surprise to you, because you did not give me
permission to do so, and neither do you know me but before I tell you about
myself, I want you to please forgive me for sending this mail without your
permission . I am writing this letter in confidence believing that if it is
the will of God for you to help me and my family, God almighty will bless
and reward you abundantly. I need honest and trust worthy person like you
to entrust this huge project to transfer.

My name Mr John Utuk, head of the financial institution. I got your contact
through a reliable source called investments & Professional email database
through your chamber of commerce. I am a Ghanaian married with 3 children.
I am writing to ask for your assistance in the transfer of US
$12,500,000.00 dollars. This fund is the excess of what my branch in which
I am the manager made as profit last year (ie 2011 financial year). I have
already presented the annual report for the year at the head office in
Accra, Ghana, as I watched with great interest, because they never know of
this excess. I have since, placed this amount US $ 12,500,000.00 dollars in
transactions coded account without a beneficiary (Anonymous), to avoid
marks.

As an employee of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money,
so I have to ask for your help to get the money in your bank account on my
behalf. I agree that 45% of this money will be for you as foreign partner,
in connection with the provision of a foreign account, and 55% will be for
me. I must emphasize that there is little risk associated with it. It will
be a bank wire transfer. All I need from you is to act as the original
depositor of this fund so that the fund can be transferred to your account.

If you agree with this proposal, I appreciate your timely response to me.
That is the only reason why I contacted you, I'm ready to go in partnership
with you on any investment because of your rich experience, so please, if
you are interested to help in this endeavor, please contact me back for a
brief discussion continues.

Sincerely,

John Utuk*

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