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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: apah tom <apahtom2@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 09:26:58 +0100
Subject: Barclay's Bank Of Ghana

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Attention,


We were mandated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in
conjuction with World Bank Reconciliation and Implementation Panel on
Contract/inheritance/lottery/compensation funds to complete all the
unpaid Contract/inheritance/lottery fund. You are required as a matter
of urgency to reconfirm your information including your name, phone
number and your address for verification and immediate payment within
24 hours by Barclays Bank Ghana, West Africa.

To this effect, the sum of ($1.5M USD) has been approved for you. I
wish to inform you that all matters relating to the release of this
payment is now under my control


Kindly choose from these three modes of payment(wire transfer,
diplomatic cash payment and ATM card).

For more information we advice you contact us immediately on +233
543229465 or Email (barclays_bank.bank@aol.com) for your payment


Best Regards,

Mr.Koffi Peter,
Barclay's Bank Of Ghana

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