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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: "I.C.B.GHANA LIMITED" <cbngovernor123@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: icb.bankltd@yahoo.it
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 03:27:13 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: =?utf-8?B?UkU6WU9V4oCZUkUgQVRNIENBUkRTVVMkMiwwMDAsMDAwLjAwIE1JTExJT04g?=
=?utf-8?B?SVMgUkVBRFk=?=




Hello Dear,
Greeting to your family, YOUR ATM VISA CARD IS READY
I have been waiting for you since to contact me regarding you winning amount of $2,000,000.00 (Two Million United State Dollars) loaded on your ATM visa card which we discussed, we are duly interred switched. Therefore you can make withdrawal in any location of ATM Machine Center Cash point of your choice in any part of the world and the maximum you can withdraw a day is $20,000 us dollars, but I did not hear from you since that time.

Then I went and deposited your package ATM CARD with Express Courier company ltd Accra Ghana as I traveled out of the country for a short Course and will be coming back on the first quarter of the year 2013, What you have to do now is to contact the Express Courier Security Company as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your package to your door step because of the expiring date.

For your information, I have paid for the Clearance Certificate Fee neither of the ATM CARD showing that it is not a drug Money nor to sponsor Terrorist attack in your Country. The only money you will pay to the Courier Company to deliver your ATM CARD direct to your postal Address in your country is ($55) only being their Security Keeping Fees of the Courier Company so far.

Again, don’t delay or be deceived by anybody not to contact the delivery company immediately you receive my massage and you are to pay the sum of $55 us dollars for their security keeping fee. I would have paid that but they said no, because they don't know when you will contact them and in case of demurrage. You have to contact the Express Courier Company manager for the delivery of your ATM CARD package with this information bellow immediately.

HERE IS THE COURIER COMPANY INFORMATION'S.
COURIER NAME: EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY LTD
CONTACT PERSON: DR. STEPHEN KWASI.
POSITION: FOREIGN DELIVERY DEPARTMENT.
E-MAIL: ghep@live.com
Tel: + 233-241-927-182.

Finally make sure that you reconfirm your full name, your Postal address or your home address and direct telephone number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask them to give you the tracking number to enable you track your package over there and know when it will get to your address.

Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this massage to avoid any further delay and remember you are to pay them their Security keeping fees of $55 for their immediate action. As a matter of facts, make sure as the rightful beneficiary of the ATM CARD package of $2,000,000.00 (Two Million United State Dollars) you must contact them by indicating the code (2661428) so that they can find it and pick up immediately as they have it in their record.

Yours sincerely
Ms. Josephine Sivaretnam
Acting Manager of International commercial Bank Limited, Ghana (I.C.B.)

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