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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. Adjei Akan" <florenceaf8564@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mradeiof@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 13:53:13 +0000
Subject: Hello

Dear,

My Name is Mr. Adjei Akan Ofankor, the group chief executive director of a
Bank here which I wish to transfer and invest my own share of fund in your
organization and country which will be 30% for you and 70 % for me.

I discovered that my branch in which I am the Chief Auditor had Seven
Million three hundred thousand us dollars (7.3 Million USD) of which no
body/staff or director is aware of and will never be aware of, I have also
placed this fund on SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without a beneficiary.

As the member of the bank Directors, I cannot be directly connected to this
fund thus I am compelled to request for your assistance to receive this
fund into your bank account. I will compensate you with 30% as
gratification while 70% will be for me. Please if you accept my offer,
kindly contact me on my private email contact ( mradeiof@gmail.com ) for
more details.

In course of this transaction, there are practically no risk involve
because it will be a bank-to-bank transfer.


I will appreciate your timely response.


Regards,

Mr. Adjei Akan Ofankor

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