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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: "MR.KOFI ASAMOAH" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ecobnk_gh@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 16:46:48 +0100
Subject: DID YOU GET MY MAIL....GET BACK TO ME.

MR.KOFI ASAMOAH
BRANCH MANAGER
ECO BANK
ACCRA GHANA.
Esteemed Compliments,
I anticipate that you read this mail quickly and let me know your opinion or willingness on this
 
classified information that  I will release to you. Firstly, I am a happily married man with 3 kids
 
and therefore I would not want to jeopardize this opportunity to change my financial status that
 
will give my family a secured future.
I got your contact information from a reputable business/professional directory of your country
 
which gives me assurance of your legibility as a person.
I am Mr.Kofi Asamoah, the Branch Manager of the Eco Bank Of Ghana Limited, I am 48 years of
 
age. It may interest you to hear that I am a man of PEACE and don't want problem, but I don't
 
know how you will feel about this, but I am telling you that this is real and you are not going to
 
regret after doing this transaction with me.I only hope we can assist each other. But if you don't
 
want this business offer kindly forget it.
 
I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as the Branch Manager of the
 
Eco Bank Of Ghana Limited; it is my duty to send in a financial report to my head office in the
 
capital city Accra-Ghana at the end of each year.On the course of the last two years 2011 end of the
 
year report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the Manager made Twelve Million Eight
 
Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars[$12,850.000.00] which my head office are not aware of and
 
will never be aware of, Nor must they know that I am involved in this transaction.
I have since place this fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary.
As an officer of the Bank I can not be directly connected to this money, so this informed my
 
contacting you for us to work so that you can assist receive this money into your bank account for
 
us to SHARE, while you will have 40% of the total fund. Note there are practically no risk involved,
 
it will be bank to bank transfer,all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of this
 
fund who made the deposit with our branch so that my Head office can order the transfer to your
 
designated bank account.
 
If you accept this offer to work with me, I will appreciate it very much. As soon as I receive your
 
kind response, I will give you details on how we can achieve it successfully.
Please contact me via this E-mail for more details: ecobnk_gh@outlook.com
Best Regards
Mr.Kofi Asamoah

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