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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: PAUL AGYIRI <paulag03@live.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 09:47:18 +0000
Subject: URGENT PROPOSAL...


FROM:MR.PAUL AGYIRI
AUDITING/FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING UNIT
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT,
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK GHANA LTD
(AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT BANK)ANNEX ACCRA GHANA.
Private Email: mr.paulag@yahoo.com
Phone number: +233544061534

Good day,

My
name is Mr.Paul Agyiri,I am a staff working with the Agricultural
Development Bank Of Ghana Limited (ADB) I want you to help me in
receiving the sum of Ten Million Eight Hundred thousand Dollars
($10,800,000) into your Bank Account.This fund was deposited in this
bank by a foreign customer who died accidentally alongside with his
entire family members many years ago. I am the only staff here who knows
the actual secret of this fund because i am the account officer.

Nobody
had asked for this fund till now. If you are interested, you have to
provide a bank account where the fund will be remitted because i have
decided to collaborate with a foreign partner to claim this money from
the Bank. Please you can contact me immediately to start the transfer
process.

Further details about the fund and this transaction will
be given to you once i receives your response.Please we have to
hurry-up our actions because the bank authority here has plans to
redeposit this fund into the treasury of the Central Government as
unclaimed fund if nobody applies for it before the next bank audit which
will begin here soon.

Our sharing ratio will be 60% for me while
40% for you.I await your urgent reply.Kindly do contact me via my
private email ID (mr.paulag@yahoo.com) My best regards to your family.
Thanks,
Mr.Paul Agyiri.
Agricultural Bank Of Ghana
(ADB) ACCRA GHANA.

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