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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: "INSPECTOR GENERAL PAUL" <".com"@ulrc.go.ug>
Reply-To: inspectorgeneralpaul74@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 19:23:35 +0300
Subject: ATTENTION: Friend

ATTENTION: Friend

This message is coming from the office desk of INSPECTOR GENERAL PAUL
(I.G.P) GHANA POLICE SERVICE, I am hereby to inform you that we have been
able to trap down some of the scam artists which have troubled you and
the general public in name of helping our individuals to get their
benefited fund or to indulge into business with them with the aim of
defrauding our individuals.

Upon the course of our investigations, we found some documents bearing
your name and your email address in the computer hard disk of the
scammers. After Trunk boxes was found on them, in the Arrival Department
of the International Airport in Ghana, having tried to escape from your
country with all the Money which was supposed to be delivered to you in
Good faith, And Having reported this matter to Our faithful President
John Dramani Mahama, Of the Federal Republic of Ghana, who instructed
that the two trunk Boxes containing Huge Some of Money, which was
confiscated from the scammers should be returned back to you, Since your
name and email was found on their Hard Disk and pen Drivers, with much
help from My Humble Officers who work as Scam Detective Experts in the
Kotoka International Airport Ghana,.

the Money inside the Trunk Boxes is to be delivered to you in person
through the help of a U.N Diplomat assigned already by the President of
the Federal Republic of Ghana. You are getting this message, because our
Investigation is completed and You must act fast as we are still on a
committed Track down Investigation of other scam Artist. So there is no
much time left, as you shall be getting your Money Delivered by the U.N
Diplomat as soon as you respond with the needed informations, as a sign
of cooperation to Ghana Police Investigation Team. As you know this
people are thesame people making Ghana and other Africa countries bear a
bad name, therein making it difficult for Investors from Other Part of
the world, like your country.

Also some of the Arrested Scam Artists confessed and told us that they
appear to Victims, claiming to be ( Bank Officials, Contract managers,
Barrister and Lottery Agents from London, and many parts of Africa) They
have been sending you bogus letters and SMS via your telephone numbers
indicating that you have won a lottery which does not exist, claiming to
release your fund via ATM CARD, proposing you business which never exist
and those using the HSBC Bank London, South African Reserve Bank, First
Commercial Bank London, Financial Intelligence Center, FBI E.T.C. to scam
you and the general public.


Your response will be very much appreciated as soon as you have received
this email. Thank you for your kind attention, for us to make sure our
beloved country Ghana , bears a good name again.

Please in your reply include your

A: FULL NAMES
B: ADDRESS
C: DIRECT CONTACT PHONE NUMBER
D: SCANNED COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR ANY RELEVANT
IDENTIFICATION PASSPORT...



Note: Stop any further communication with any body from henceforth and at
once, to help us stop and fight against corruption and make it convenient
for the whole world to Trade Good Business with one another in Good faith
and Honesty..

Regards
Mr. Paul Tawiah Quaye
Inspector General of Police (IGP)
Ghana Police Headquarter Accra

inspectorgeneralpaul74@gmail.com

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message and any attachments are confidential
to the sender and the addressee of this e-mail and may be privileged
information. If you have received this email in error, do not copy,
forward, disclose or use any part of this message.

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