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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: Barclays Bank <mr.clemen_manager@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 17:57:34 +0000
Subject: =?windows-1256?Q?I_Need_You?= =?windows-1256?Q?r_Urgent_A?=
=?windows-1256?Q?ssistance.?= =?windows-1256?B?Li7+/v4=?=




Attn:My Dear Friend,

I am contacting you base on recommendation,
trust and confidentiality. First let me introduce myself to you. My name
is Mr. Clement Entsua Mensah. I am the regional deputy bank manager of
the Barclays Bank Ghana Limited. I am also the Financial Institutional
and Public Sector Officer.

I am 59 years of age and married with 3
lovely kids. It may interest you to hear that I am a man of PEACE and
INTEGRITY; I only hope we can assist each other. I have packaged a
financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as the deputy
Auditor General Manager of the Barclays Bank Ghana Limited.

It is
my duty to send a financial report to our head office in the capital
city Accra at the end of each annual general meeting. On the course of
this year 1st quarter annual general meeting which ended four weeks ago,
I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made an excess
profit
of Four Million, Five Hundred Thousand united States Dollars
[US$4,500,000.00] which my head office are not aware of and will never
be aware of.

I have since placed this funds on what we call
SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary. As a deputy director of this
bank, I cannot be directly connected to the funds, this is why I’m
contacting you for us to work together so that you can assist me and
receive this money into your bank account for us to share.Upon your
acceptance of this proposal, I have generally agreed on this sharing
ration 40% of the total sum will be given to you for your assistance
upon the receipt of the funds in your account while 60% will be for me.

Note
that there are practically no risks involved in this transaction, it
will be bank to bank transfer, all I need from you is to stand claim as
the original depositor of this funds who made the deposit with Spintex
branch so that our bank head Office can order the transfer to your
designated
bank account. Such transfer from our head office takes not
more than 72hrs.This kind of transfers is just like someone who banks
in a particular bank and at a point in time wish to close his or her
account and transfer the funds to a different bank.

I assure you
we can achieve it successfully if you can follow my instruction and
direction, hence I am here to make sure that everything works out.

Reply
back to me so that I can give you the full details and the steps to
make the transfer successfully, hence I am here to make sure that
everything works out.

If you are interesting to assist me kindly reverse back to me ,

Thank you for your understanding
Best Regards,

Mr. Clement Entsua Mensah
38/40 First Floor,Independent Building,
P. O. Box 1046, Accra Ghana.

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