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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. Edward Effah" <ixtab@polzin.com>
Reply-To: <edward.effah007@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 18:26:55 +0100
Subject: Mr. Edward Effah

My name is Mr. Edward Effah. I am the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank here in Ghana. Please I advise you to check these websites below to
confirm my status
 
 
 
I Hope that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that I am about to repose on you for the mutual benefit of our both families.I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of our Bank (Lenor and
Richard Burson from Florida, U.S.A) who died along with his entire family in a plane crash. For more information's about the crash you can visit this site:
 
 
Since the tragic death of this our customer, I personally has watched with keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his funds ,huge amount  which has been with our bank for a very long time. On this note, I decided to seek your name to be used as the Next of Kin so that this amount will
be transferred to you since nobody is coming for the money again. The Banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than 14 years, because the money will be transferred to the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund after this  period.
 
business,please reply with your:-
 
{1} Full Names
{2} Address
{3} Telephone Number, Office & Cell/Mobile
{4} Fax Number
{5} Occupation / Profession / Age
 
 
Upon receipt of the above mentioned information's, indicating your interest in the business, I will inform you of the next step for easy execution of the transaction. I will not fail to bring to your notice
this business is hitch free and don't have any negative implication.Please you should not entertain any fear as I have made all modalities for the smooth and easy transfer of
this fund to your account. This transaction will be completed within few Bank working days immediately we start the business. Please observe utmost confidentiality and be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for
both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country immediately after the transaction. Waiting for your urgent response and please kindly delete if you are not interested.
 
Regards,
Mr. Edward Effah
Managing Director &
Chief Executive Officer  Fidelity Bank.
http://www.fidelitybank.com.gh

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