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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: "Dr. Kofi Wampah" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr.kofi_wampah@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 18:53:11 -0000
Subject: RE: FINAL PAYMENT UPDATE

From: Dr. Kofi Wampah
Governor Bank of Ghana
Chairman Foreign Payment Committee.
Tel: 00233-248134179


ATTN:BENEFICIARY.

AFTER A SERIOUS THOUGHT, I DECIDED TO REACH YOU DIRECTLY AND PERSONALLY BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST YOU, BUT YOUR LOCAL PARTNER. I AM GOVERNOR BANK OF GHANA, CHAIRMAN FOREIGN PAYMENT COMMITTEE AS ENCLOSED. SOMETIME IN THE PAST YOUR PARTNER APPROACHED ME THROUGH A FRIEND OF MINE WHO WORKS WITH ONE OF THE MINISTRIES AND REQUESTED THAT I ASSIST THEM TRANSFER YOUR MONEY TO YOUR ACCOUNT.

WE AGREED THAT ONCE I DO THIS, THEY WOULD GIVE ME FIRST $50,000.00 AND GIVE ME ANOTHER $150,000.00 WHEN THE FUND REFLECTS IS IN YOUR CHOICE ACCOUNT. WHEN THEY SAW THAT I HAVE PROGRAMMED IT AND YOUR NAME WAS APPROVED FOR PAYMENT, INSTEAD OF GIVING ME THE FIRST AGREED DEPOSIT, THEY STARTED AVOIDING ME AND RESORTED INTO THREAT SO I HAD TO DELETE THE TRANSFER CODE WHICH IS ONLY KNOWN TO ME BECAUSE OF MY POSITION, ALL OTHER CONTRACTORS FUND AND N.O.K PAYMENTS WERE SUCCESSFULLY PAID APART FROM YOURS THAT IS PENDING IN MY FOLDER.

WHEN THEY SAW THAT THEIR THREAT DID NOT WORK, THEY STARTED BRIBING OTHER LOW-KEY OFFICIALS WITH YOUR MONEY TO GET ANOTHER APPROVAL TO EFFECT TRANSFER BUT THEY CANNOT SUCCEED. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I AM 100% RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DELAY BECAUSE OF THEIR BREACH OF TRUST. PLEASE CONSIDER WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED THROUGHOUT YOUR CLAIM PROCESS WITHOUT ANY RESULT.

NO. 1: I WILL HAVE 10% OF ENTIRE MONEY AFTER IT REFLECTS IN YOUR ACCOUNT AS IT IS ONLY THE TWO OF US THAT IS LEFT.

NO. 2: YOU WILL ASSIST MY SON TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY WHERE I WILL PAY IN MY OWN SHARE.

IF THESE CONDITIONS ARE ACCEPTABLE TO YOU, EMAIL ME ( dr.kofi_wampah@yahoo.com ) SO AS TO FINALIZE AND TRANSFER YOUR FUNDS AFTER DUE OFFICIAL PROTOCOL IS OBSERVED. IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED THEN DELETE MY EMAIL AND FOR YOUR OWN GOOD, I WILL APPRECIATE VERBAL DISCUSSION FOR A POSITIVE OPERATION,THANK YOU.

SINCERELY YOURS,
Dr. Kofi Wampah
GOVERNOR BANK OF GHANA
CHAIRMAN FOREIGN PAYMENT COMMITTEE.
Tel: 00233-248134179
Email: dr.kofi_wampah@yahoo.com

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