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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 <paulag01@live.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2014 06:16:37 +0000
Subject: URGENT PROPOSAL FOR YOUR BEST INTEREST...


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 some years ago. I am the only staff here who knows the actual secret of this fund because i am the account officer.

A lot of customers open private accounts with different Banks without the knowledge of their families and when they die, such money will be lost to the Bank unless someone comes to claim it.This is how a lot of Bank Directors make so much money silently.

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 being the pioneer of the business,
while 40% for you.I awaits your urgent reply via my private email ID (mr.paulag@yahoo.com) My best regards to your family.
Thanks,
Mr.Paul Agyiri,
Agricultural Bank Of Ghana.

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