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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: Ako Eyadema <eyademaako1@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 14:53:29 +0000
Subject: HOW ARE YOU?




From: Mr.Ako Eyadema
Barclay;s Bank manager
Kumasi Branch Ghana.



Dear Sir,

I am Mr.Ako Eyadema ,I work with Barclay's Bank as a Regional Manager .

You might not know me very well but by the end of this transaction you
shall be thankful knowing somebody like me. During the end of
year 2013 auditing of accounts at my branch Bank, I
came across a ghost account, in which the account reads the sum of $10,
500 ( Ten Million,Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ).

I continued in my search and discovered that this said account was
owned by one of our deceased customers and there was no next of kin
affixed at the time of the deposit.

Although personally i kept this information’s secret within myself to
enable the whole plan and idea be profitable and successful during
execution and it’s my obligations to send my financial reports to our
headquarters’ in Accra. Before then i decided to place this money in
what we call SUSPENSE account without any beneficiary.As a Senior
Officer in the Bank I cannot directly claim this money here in Ghana,
on this ground I contact you for us to work together, so that you can
assist and receive this money at any of your nominated Bank account
for us to share.

I have so placed this fund for the sharing 45% for you 50% for i and
the remaining 5% for any miscellaneous expenses in the course of the
transaction. I will also want you to understand that it is 100% risk
free and legally blinded. It will strictly be bank to bank transfer;
all I need from you is to represent the real depositor of this fund in
our bank, so that my head office can order the transfer to your
designated bank account.

However, if my offer is granted by you, please do furnish me with the
following information’s:Your Full name,Occupation/Position,
Contact/Mailing Address, Date of Birth,Place of Birth, Marital
Status,Gender, Educational Status, Tel/Fax
Numbers,Nationality,Name of Your Next of Kin and Tel/E-mail address,to
enable me fix them in our account data file, so that you will be
recognized in our bank as a customer before the onward transfer will
be made into any of your Bank account in our favor.

Reply to eyademaako@gmail.com

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