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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. Bright Addo" <mbaumann@HTWK-Leipzig.De>
Reply-To: mrbrightaddo05@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 13:35:33 +0100 (CET)
Subject: My greetings to you my good friend.




My Dear Friend,

My name is Mr. Bright Nana Addo. I work with the Standard Chartered Bank
Ghana Ltd as the Regional Manager, Tarkwa Branch, in the Western Region of
Ghana in West Africa, I am a Christian.

I write you this letter in good faith, I do not want problems but i just
hope you can assist me; i have a transaction of five million six hundred
and twenty thousand United States dollars ($5,620,000.00). I realized this
fund from my bank excess profit after trading with the capital sum and I
deposited the funds in escrow call account, where nobody will have access
to it, even the bank does not have access to this account because it
cannot be deducted, until after the transfer.

Meanwhile as you know I cannot be directly connected to this money for
obvious reasons. So my contacting you is to assist me receive the funds in
your bank account in your country, which I know is possible if you liaise
properly with me and get 30% of the total funds as your benefit. The
transfer would be made via swift and it will be a Bank-to-Bank wired
transfer.

All I need is for you to get a good current account where this fund can be
transferred into, and for you to stand to claim as the original depositor
of this fund. I assure you within four working days the funds will be
transferred to your designated bank account.

I will computer your particulars as the person who made the deposit in my
branch, so that my head office will immediately order the transfer to your
designated bank account. Please E-mail me if you think we can work
together.

Please indicate your interest in coming into partnership with me by
providing me with your full information below:

FULL NAME...................................

ADDRESS.....................................

AGE.........................................

SEX.........................................

OCCUPATION..................................

NATIONALITY....................................

MARITAL STATUS..............................

TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER........................

Thanks for your understanding and co-operation.

Thanks you and your family too,

Mr. Bright Nana Addo.

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