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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: davackah.privatemail@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 13:17:49 +0000
Subject: WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU URGENTLY

Dear Sir,
I wish to disclose to you an amount of money i discovered as unclaimed
for so many years which i can relocate and invest in your country now
if you are interested to partner with me, the amount is $5.8 Million
USD only, as the bank manager in charge of this bank, i am disclosing
this to you alone and no one else is aware of this funds deposit in our
bank which is at my private disposal and i will appreciate if you can
assist and also suggest the preferred areas of investment options in
your country.
When i receive your positive response, i should be able to forward to
you the details and the deposit slip covering the deposit of the funds
with the bank here for your perusal and intimate you on how the funds
can be transferred into your bank account in your country as the
beneficiary and we can discuss further your share of the funds as a
partner.
Following my position here in the bank as the manager, i will advise
that this transaction be remain secret amongst the both of us only, if
you're interested kindly revert as soon as possible and do provide me
with your contact phone numbers for more convenient communications.
I will anticipate for your positive response to this effect to enable
us proceed as soon as possible.
Regards,
Dr.David Ackah






































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































I've invited you to fill out the form WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU
URGENTLY. To fill it out, visit:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14IgBVM2I28x31punBmKEdsbMNgfVYltFfJgeNhJ2Jf0/viewform?c

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