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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- totalme320@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Total Reach <totalme320@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 06:21:30 -0700
Subject: Top Urgent

Mr.Gamel Adjei.
Operations Officer

I am Mr.Gamel Adjei, operations officer, to Hon.Hanna Serwaa Tetteh,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ghana; my office monitors and controls the
affairs of all the transactions in the bank concerned with foreign contract
payments.

I have before me list of funds, which could not be transferred to some
nominated accounts as these accounts have been identified either as ghost
accounts, unclaimed deposits and over-invoiced sum etc.

As it is my duty to recommend the transfer of these surplus funds to the
Government Treasury and Reserve Accounts as unclaimed deposits, I have the
opportunity to write you based on the instructions I received two days ago
from the Committee on Contract Payments / Foreign Debts to submit the List
of payment reports/expenditures and audited reports of revenues. Among
several others, I have decided to remit the contract sum following my idea
that we have a deal /agreement and I am going to do this legally.

MY CONDITIONS

1. The sum of USD$7.9 Million only will be transferred into your nominated
account by telegraphic Transfer (T/T), confirm-able in 7 working days.
After you have confirmed the transfer of the funds into your account, 35%
out of the whole sum will be for you, 10% for any expenses that may accrue
during the transaction while 55% will be for me.

2. This deal must be kept secret forever, and all correspondence will be
strictly by email / telephone, for security purposes.

3. There should be no third parties as most problems associated with fund
release are caused by agents or representatives.

If you AGREE with my conditions, l advise you on what to do immediately and
the transfer will commence without delay as I will proceed to fix your name
on the Payment schedule instantly to meet the seven working days mandate.

I hope you don't reject this offer and have your funds transferred.

Waiting for your soonest response and reply through my private e-mail
address: (totalme320@gmail.com)

Be in peace.

Mr.Gamel Adjei
Operations Officer

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