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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. Charles " <charlesgboto@gmail.com>
Reply-To: drcharles@qq.com
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 19:08:40 +0100
Subject: Re: Urgent Attention

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Dr Charles Gboto A medical doctor in a private hospital in Accra
Ghana (West/Africa). I got your email contact through a chamber of commerce
website and will like to explain to you about a transfer of consignment
fund which I hope you can assist us and which will benefit both of us.

I have a patient, a Sierra Leonie woman who was on admission for some weeks
in my hospital for an ill health. As a matter of fact, one night this woman
called my attention and began to tell me her situations, she explained that
she had to flee her country with her only son because her late husband a
military officer died in a rebel conflict in his country and since then her
husbands immediate younger brother had be en-threatening to eliminate her
and the life of her only son because one Certificate of Deposit.

As matter of fact, she could not bear it any longer and she manage to flee
through a neighboring country with the certificate of deposit of Fund,
deposited in the Ghana Commercial Bank in Accra Ghana, she confidently
informed me that the Fund in the Ghana Commercial Bank was physical cash of
$8.7 million(USD) and that the husband did it in such a way, because the
military body have once trailed the account of her late husband in a bank
and confiscated all his deposited money.

She now requested to seek a honest foreign partner who will assist in the
transferring of the Fund ( money) out for her, for an investment as a life
time insurance for her and the only son. I accepted and requested for a
proof and she provided the Certificate of Deposit which was clear and
legitimate and is in my possession now. I even made an inquiry from the
Ghana Commercial Bank here in Accra Ghana and confirmed that such Fund was
deposited.

Name of The Bank: Ghana Commercial Bank
Name of Depositor: Mr. Anthony Kamara
Amount : $8.7 Million (USD)
Account Number: GCB0004089718
Deposit code: GCB/GH/COM/DEPO 2007

I have accepted to assist her and to contact a genuine foreign partner who
can also consider to help as well. She also promise to give us 40% of the
total amount of the money if we assist well, If you accept to be part of
this transaction, please don't hesitate to contact me with your Country of
Origin and your private phone number.

Thank you for your Co operation.
Yours sincerely,
Dr Charles

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