419 scam: "GOVERNMENT OF GHANA." <mwrwh@qq.com> PAYMENT APPROVAL.

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "GOVERNMENT OF GHANA." <mwrwh@qq.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 22:04:42 -0000
Subject: PAYMENT APPROVAL.

GOVERNMENT OF GHANA
Ministry for Water Resources, Works and Housing
P.O. Box M41 Accra, Ghana.

This is to inform you that your contract payment of US$7,500,000.00 (Seven
Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) have been approved,
this is the payment for the railway materials that was supplied by you and
family company in August 1991.
We have tried our best to contact you in the past 15 years but all efforts
to contact you or any members of your family proved abortive. We are
struggling to contact you again for the last time because Mrs. Suzanne
Weiss from Switzerland has surfaced as your family representative and she
claimed you instructed her to receive your contract payment on your
behalf, Mrs. Suzanne Weiss provided the Bank details as stated below:-

BANK NAME: HINDUJA BANK(SWITZERLAND) LTD
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 205712184
ROUTING NUMBER: 062000080
WIRE TRANSFER NUMBER: 121000248

We are ready to Order our Paying Bank to transfer your Contract Payment to
Mrs. Suzanne's Bank Account, But Please confirm to us as a matter of
urgency if you have instructed Mrs. Suzanne Weiss to retrieve your
Contract Payment on your behalf. Mrs. Suzanne Weiss provided some
information's which we believed is forged and we told our Bank to stop her
payment till we confirm her authenticity from you. We will get her
arrested if you did not permit her to retrieve your Contract payment and
she will be charged for impersonation of information and false claim.

Send your contact details to us for Re-confirmation:-

(A) FULL NAMES
(B) MOBILE NO. (C)
FULL ADDRESS

We await your swift response as soon as possible.
Yours in Service
Collins Dauda (MP)
Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing

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