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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Christopher" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <christbenson13@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 03:31:41 -0800
Subject: Greetings From Ghana


From:Mr. Mr Christopher Benson
>From The Desk of Mr Christopher Benson.Branch Manager International
Commercial Bank Limited, Ghana

Good day Friend,

I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and profitable business proposal, I got

your e-mail address in Internet while browsing after I decided to contact you and ask for

your assistance in this urgent matter, requiring trust and confidentiality.
I am Mr Christopher Benson, the Branch manager, InternationalCommercial Bank Limited,

Ghana), Married with Five children.

I am writing this letter to ask for your support and co-operation to carry out this business

opportunity in my department, On June 6, 1999,an America Oil consultant/contractor with

Petroleum Corporation, Mr.Thomas Stone, made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for twelve

calendar months, Valued at US$12,000,000.00 (Twelve Million United State Dollars in my

branch upon maturity.

I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we

sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, the Petroleum

Corporation that Mr. Thomas Stone, died in the plane crash On October 31, 1999, (an Egyptian
Boeing 767 Flight 990) with other passengers on board as you can confirm it yourself via the

WEBSITE below for verification (BBC WORLD NEWS.WEBSITE)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm

Most astonishing of my discovery was that, all records bear no next of kin, meaning no

member of Mr. Thomas Stone, family knows about the deposit therefore, no member of his

family will ever come forward to claim the money, In order for the bank not to transfer the

said sum of Twelve Million United State Dollars ($12,000,000.00) as unclaimed funds to the

emirates treasury account, the above stated funds most be claimed immediately by somebody

standing in as late Mr. Thomas Stone.

Next of Kin, because According to (GHANA LAW), at the expiration of (15) Fifteen years; the

money will revert to the ownership of the (GHANA) Government if nobody applies to claim the

fund, This revelation is only known to me because I was his personal account officer before

I was posted to become the branch manager, now I seek your collaboration to act as next of

kin to late Mr. Thomas Stone, to claim the funds and move them into useful investments.

We shall split the cash between our self upon the confirmation of the money into your

account, I am ready to offer you 35% of the total fund and 60% for me while 5% will be set

aside for any expenses might occur during the transaction. Please note that by the virtue of

my position in the bank, I have worked out the perfect modality as well as I shall provide

the relevant information's and documents for the successful claim and transfer of the funds

in the account that will be provided by you.

I cannot stand in the forefront of this transaction because I work with the bank, that is

why I have come to you, for assistance be rest assured that this project involve no risk to

you, upon the receipt of your acceptance mail me, I will like you to provide me with the

following details, to my private email addresses:(christbenson13@yahoo.co.jp)



Then I shall furnish you with due process of concluding this transaction without any delay.

Please discard this message if you are not interested. One Passionate appeal I will make to

you is not to discuss this matter with anybody, if you have any reasons to reject
this offer, please and please destroy this message as any Leakage of this information will

be too bad for me at my work place, as the Branch Manager International Commercial Bank

Limited, Ghana.

Thanks for your kind Understanding.

Yours
Faithfully,
Mr Christopher Benson

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